BlockCummins Crossing, Texas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Davilla census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76518. It lies near Sanpier Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Sharp quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1885 USGS Taylor quadrangle1:125000
- 1887 USGS Taylor quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Taylor quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1910 USGS Buckholts quadrangle1:24000
- 1912 USGS Buckholts quadrangle1:31680
- 1954 USGS Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1963 USGS Sharp quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Taylor quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
57 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Cummins Crossing between 2001 and 2020, burning about 429 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 24 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | REKINDLE CAMERON FIRE |
| 29 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 August 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 7 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HAY FIRE |
| 27 August 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 15 August 2001 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SOUTH BRANCH - 38 |
| 14 August 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HAY GRASS FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122545506 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379620. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.