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Grossville, Texas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Mason West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76856. It stands on Rafael Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mason quadrangle.

Grossville within Mason County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

76 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of Grossville between 2006 and 2017, burning about 5,812 acres in total. 6 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
Debris and open burning25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Equipment and vehicle use15
Natural6
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Arson/incendiarism1

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 2009Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service4740 RR1723/H.DONOP
5 September 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSH 29E/G. JOHNSON
4 September 2017Debris and open burning10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSH29E/AIRPORT RD
29 September 2011Natural7.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceZESCH FIRE
29 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
28 September 2015Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceE. PONTOTOC/L. COLLINS
27 September 2011Natural1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceRR2389/JAMES RIVER RD/G.ZESCH
8 August 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceRR2389/9298 JAMES RIVER RD/G.ZESCH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mason 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 Grossville: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Granite. 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
Mason County QuarryGraniteProducer

Every working recorded in Mason 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
Mason4.7 miles13
Hedwigs Hill4.9 miles13
Koockville5.7 miles12
Art6.1 miles13
Hilda8.1 miles13
Grit9.3 miles12
Streeter10.8 miles13
Loyal Valley12.7 miles13

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 Q122559112The 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 1379865. 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.