BlockHays Spring, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Grapeland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75844. It stands on Two Mile Branch. The Survey maps it on the Hays Spring quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1953 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Hays Spring quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Crockett quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
95 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 95 fires within 5 miles of Hays Spring between 1992 and 2020, burning about 706 acres in total. 3 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 | 58 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 398 |
| 7 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WHITLEY |
| 7 September 2009 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | MARKET STREET |
| 7 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 193 |
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 229 R.O.W. |
| 3 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PRASATIK |
| 29 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | UNKOWN |
| 27 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379911. 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.