BlockHickory Creek, Texas
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Wolfe City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75496. The Survey maps it on the Celeste quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 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.
- 1954 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Celeste quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS McKinney quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
122 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 122 fires within 5 miles of Hickory Creek between 2005 and 2020, burning about 571 acres in total. 3 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 burning | 56 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 25 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 1023 WOLFE CITY |
| 9 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 21 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WEBB HILL |
| 6 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 5 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 30 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 1566 AND CR 1019 GRASS FIRE |
| 3 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 1143 AND HWY 69 |
| 28 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRUSH FIRE CR 1017 |
| 28 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midway | 4.3 miles | 6 | |
| Wolfe City | 4.7 miles | 6 | |
| Hogeye | 4.7 miles | 6 | |
| Celeste | 5.3 miles | 6 | |
| White Rock | 6.9 miles | 6 | |
| Lane | 7.1 miles | 7 | |
| Kingston | 7.8 miles | 6 | |
| Aberfoyle | 8.1 miles | 6 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379925. 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.