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Denman Crossroads, Texas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Cedar Creek Lake census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75124. The Survey maps it on the Phalba quadrangle.

Denman Crossroads within Van Zandt County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

118 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 118 fires within 5 miles of Denman Crossroads between 1995 and 2019, burning about 1,285 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 were 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 burning94
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Equipment and vehicle use9
Arson/incendiarism3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 September 2017Equipment and vehicle use30 acresTexas A & M Forest Service0907171 PASTURE FIRE W/ EUSTACE
29 September 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service858
28 September 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service858
27 September 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2311
26 September 2015Debris and open burning15 acresTexas A & M Forest Service1516
25 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service2318
24 September 2015Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service858
23 September 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service1653

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Van Zandt County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Denman Crossroads: 8 producers, 1 unknown. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory). Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Blackjack PitFire Clay (Refractory)ProducerSedimentary
Daniels PitFire Clay (Refractory)ProducerSedimentary
Mayfield PitFire Clay (Refractory)ProducerSedimentary
Van Zandt County PitFire Clay (Refractory)ProducerSedimentary
Acme Brick Daniels PitClayProducer
Acme Brick Mayfield PitClayUnknown
Athens Brick Van Zandt County PitClayProducer
Southern Clay Prod Blackjack PitClayProducer
Yancy-Mayfield & McnallyClayProducer

Every working recorded in Van Zandt County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Walton3.4 miles13
Tundra4.5 miles13
Phalba4.9 miles13
Martins Mill5.5 miles13
Jackson6.1 miles13
Holly Springs6.5 miles13
Odom7.6 miles11
Roddy7.8 miles11

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 Q122595809The 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 1378209. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.