BlockDeep Well Crossing, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the North Hopkins-Sulphur Bluff census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75482. It stands on Finley Branch. The Survey maps it on the Cooper South quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1953 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Cooper South quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
62 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Deep Well Crossing (historical) between 2003 and 2019, burning about 1,609 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None 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 | 28 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 2890 |
| 7 August 2013 | Debris and open burning | 3.5 acres | National Forests And Grasslands In Texas | UNIT 18 FIRE |
| 5 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 1528 GRASS FIRE |
| 30 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 2890 GRASS FIRE |
| 25 August 2006 | Natural | 35 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 621 |
| 10 August 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | 35 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6127 |
| 10 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 286 SPUR 71 |
| 1 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.3 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 6163 |
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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harpers Crossing (historical) | 2.5 miles | 8 | |
| Peerless | 3.1 miles | 8 | |
| Posey | 3.4 miles | 8 | |
| North Hopkins | 4.8 miles | 9 | |
| Addran | 5.0 miles | 9 | |
| Emblem | 5.6 miles | 9 | |
| Weir | 5.8 miles | 9 | |
| New Birthright | 6.3 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379646. 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.