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Eichelberger Crossing, Texas

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the China Spring census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76633. It stands on Spring Branch. The Survey maps it on the Speegleville quadrangle.

Eichelberger Crossing within McLennan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 19 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

316 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 316 fires within 5 miles of Eichelberger Crossing between 2001 and 2020, burning about 1,674 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 5 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 burning132
Missing data/not specified/undetermined94
Equipment and vehicle use38
Smoking25
Power generation/transmission/distribution11
Arson/incendiarism5
Recreation and ceremony4
Natural4
Misuse of fire by a minor3

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 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service157-17
7 September 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service297 WESTERN DR.
5 September 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service18318
30 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service17-2730020
30 September 2013Debris and open burning6.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCULPEPPER LN. FIRE
30 September 2004Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
3 September 2005Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
26 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2960 SPEEGLE RD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in McLennan County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Eichelberger Crossing: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silica, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Grayson PitSilicaPast Producer
H and B No 3Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in McLennan 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
Caldwell Crossing1.5 miles19
China Springs2.5 miles18
Erath2.6 miles18
Valley View3.5 miles18
Willow Grove4.6 miles19
Ocee4.9 miles19
Rock Creek4.9 miles18
Speegleville5.1 miles19

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 Q122556804The 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 1379705. 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.