Field Creek, Texas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Llano North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76869. It lies near Panther Rock. The Survey maps it on the Pontotoc quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 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.
- 1887 USGS Llano quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Llano quadrangle1:125000
- 1904 USGS Llano quadrangle1:125000
- 1909 USGS Llano quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1918 USGS Llano quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Pontotoc quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Valley Spring quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Llano quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Llano quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
24 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Field Creek between 2005 and 2018, burning about 1,188 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
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 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SAN SABA CO/RR501/CR381/SMILLER |
| 25 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | THOMPSON CO. RD 405 |
| 15 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SIMPSON, JIMMY |
| 18 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | EZRA COOK 411B |
| 30 June 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 28 June 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COLD CREEK CAR |
| 10 June 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SH71/HICKORY GROVE RD/MCGOWAN RANCH RD..QUARRY |
| 10 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SH71/RR501 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Field Creek: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kothmann Tract | Manganese | Unknown | 1910 |
Storms near this place
2 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Field Creek in 2 storm reports between 2017 and 2021: 1 flash flood, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2021 | Hail | Field Creek | - | A thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail southeast of Pontotoc on CR 405. Hail accumulation reached three inches. |
| April 2017 | Flash Flood | Field Creek | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding closing CR 405 at San Fernando Creek. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valley Spring | 7.4 miles | 18 | |
| Scotts Crossing | 13.8 miles | 15 | |
| Castell | 13.9 miles | 16 | |
| Baby Head (historical) | 15.5 miles | 17 | |
| Llano | 17.4 miles | 17 | |
| Lone Grove | 20.5 miles | 16 | |
| Stolz | 22.3 miles | 16 | |
| Prairie Mountain | 23.8 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379763. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.











