BlockHermits Cove, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Point census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75472. It stands on Cedar Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lone Oak South quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 13 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.
- 1956 USGS Emory quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Mineola quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Mineola quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
7 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Hermits Cove between 2006 and 2017, burning about 28 acres in total. None 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 | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 July 2011 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 4130 |
| 23 June 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 276 |
| 22 April 2011 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HART FIRE |
| 13 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CLAYTON RANCH FIRE |
| 28 February 2006 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 179 |
| 30 January 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | DAVIS 3280531 |
| 28 January 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 16 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6010 |
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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woosley | 1.2 miles | 13 | |
| Point | 2.3 miles | 14 | |
| East Tawakoni | 2.5 miles | 13 | |
| Bois d'Arc | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| Prospect | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Flats | 4.2 miles | 14 | |
| Hooker Ridge | 4.4 miles | 13 | |
| Smyrna | 4.9 miles | 14 |
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 Q122548931 | The 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 1378443. 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.