Fisher, Texas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Rotan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79543. It stands on Alkali Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rotan quadrangle.

Fisher within Fisher County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 15 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.

1893 USGS Roby quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1931 USGS Rotan quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1954 USGS Big Spring quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1958 USGS Big Spring quadrangle1:250000
1969 USGS Rotan quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1985 USGS Snyder quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

70 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Fisher between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,249 acres in total. 6 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	21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	17
Equipment and vehicle use	14
Smoking	7
Natural	6
Power generation/transmission/distribution	4
Recreation and ceremony	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
8 September 2016	Natural	5.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	MURPHY
6 September 2006	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	not named
25 September 2011	Power generation/transmission/distribution	2.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	HULL
22 September 2011	Power generation/transmission/distribution	10 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	MEADER
31 August 2011	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	DITCH FIRE
31 August 2011	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	S CURVE
19 August 2011	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	BCE
16 August 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	GRASS FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fisher 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 Fisher: 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite, Strontium. 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
	Oden Occurrence	Strontium	Occurrence	Celestite
	Rotan Gypsum Plant	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Producer

Every working recorded in Fisher 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
North Roby	0.9 miles	15
Roby	3.4 miles	12
Royston	5.0 miles	15
Center	5.6 miles	12
Rotan	5.7 miles	15
Pledger	5.9 miles	15
Sardis	6.2 miles	15
Cross Roads	6.3 miles	10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378294. 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.