Georges Creek, Texas

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Glen Rose census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76033. It stands on Taylor Branch. The Survey maps it on the Nemo quadrangle.

Georges Creek within Somervell County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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.

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

20 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Georges Creek between 2006 and 2018, burning about 445 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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	10
Debris and open burning	4
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Smoking	2
Arson/incendiarism	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
9 July 2008	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	110 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	GEORGES CREEK 2
29 July 2018	Equipment and vehicle use	46 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	199
8 June 2011	Equipment and vehicle use	10 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	BONO 108
11 June 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	80 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	OVERLOOK RD. FIRE
11 June 2008	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	25 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	MITCHELL BEND COURT
29 April 2011	Debris and open burning	4.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	BONO74
14 March 2008	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	135 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	GEORGES CREEK - 33

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Somervell County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Georges Creek: 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
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

Every working recorded in Somervell 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
Nemo	2.5 miles	19
Rainbow	4.5 miles	19
Glen Rose	7.5 miles	15
Seven Knobs	11.4 miles	17
Glass	12.7 miles	15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378349. 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.