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Hamrick, Texas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Coleman census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76834. It stands on Bachelor Prong. The Survey maps it on the Coleman quadrangle.

Hamrick within Coleman County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

64 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Hamrick between 2006 and 2019, burning about 1,525 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 3 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Equipment and vehicle use14
Debris and open burning8
Natural4
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Arson/incendiarism3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
5 September 2010Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR426 & CR 457
1 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceAIRPORT RD
8 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWEST COLEMAN FIRE
8 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
28 August 2014Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceMEMORY LAKE FIRE
21 August 2010Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceEDINGTON PLACE
2 August 2010Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service802 AIRPORT RD
13 August 2006Natural100 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBAKER FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coleman County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Hamrick: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay. 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
Coleman PlantClayProducer
Martin Brick Co Plant and Abnd PitClayProducer
Unnamed PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Coleman 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
Coleman3.6 miles13
Silver Valley7.6 miles12
Valera8.1 miles11
San Angelo Junction8.2 miles13
Glen Cove8.4 miles12
Echo9.9 miles14
Santa Anna11.6 miles13
Novice11.8 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378409. 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.