Fort Spunky, Texas
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Granbury East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76033. It lies near Barnard Knob. The Survey maps it on the Nemo quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 19 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.
- 1889 USGS Granbury quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1924 USGS Granbury 1-c quadrangle1:48000
- 1928 USGS Godley quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Nemo quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Cleburne quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
27 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Fort Spunky between 2003 and 2018, burning about 699 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MITCHELL BEND FIRE |
| 14 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 35 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RILEY RD 2 FIRE |
| 9 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 110 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GEORGES CREEK 2 |
| 30 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FIRE GRASS |
| 29 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 46 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 199 |
| 21 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ROLLINS RD. |
| 8 June 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BONO 108 |
| 26 June 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FAWN CIR |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Fort Spunky: 5 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capital Silica Plant and Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Charlie Phillips Crushed Rock | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Capital Silica Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Tarrant Concrete Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Texas Industries Cleburne Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pecan Plantation | 3.4 miles | 19 | |
| El Tesoro | 4.6 miles | 21 | |
| Fall Creek | 5.0 miles | 21 | |
| Mambrino | 6.3 miles | 19 | |
| Neri | 7.4 miles | 18 | |
| DeCordova | 7.7 miles | 21 | |
| Acton | 8.7 miles | 21 | |
| Brushy | 10.5 miles | 19 |
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 Q122556579 | The 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 1378314. 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.






