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Greens Bluff, Texas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Cayuga census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75861. It stands on Saline Branch. The Survey maps it on the Yard quadrangle. It stands 253 feet above sea level.

Greens Bluff within Anderson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

68 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Greens Bluff between 1995 and 2019, burning about 967 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 2 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 burning33
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Equipment and vehicle use8
Natural6
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
8 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service500 ACR 2713
24 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHWY 287 DITCH FIRE
21 September 2006Debris and open burning50 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
17 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use9.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
8 August 2012Natural1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWILSEY MCMAHON
5 August 2009Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCARTER HAY BALE
4 August 2015Debris and open burning6.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service7060
3 August 2005Debris and open burning30 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Anderson County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Greens Bluff: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Halite, Limestone, General, Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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
Bethel Salt DomeHalite, Limestone, General, Gypsum-AnhydriteOccurrence1927

Every working recorded in Anderson 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
Yard0.6 miles12
Bethel4.3 miles12
Cayuga6.0 miles12
Massey Lake6.7 miles12
Tennessee Colony7.3 miles12
Blackfoot8.8 miles12
Ward9.1 miles12
Springfield11.9 miles12

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.

Wikipedia article on Greens BluffAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q22076496The 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 1379859. 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.