Hicks Crossing, Texas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1985. It lies in ZIP code area 76853. It stands on Salt Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wolf Ridge quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1885 USGS San Saba quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS San Saba quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1925 USGS San Saba 4-a quadrangle1:48000
- 1931 USGS Bend quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Brownwood quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS San Saba quadrangle1:62500
- 1959 USGS Wolf Ridge quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS San Saba quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
21 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Hicks Crossing between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,784 acres in total. 1 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 | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 August 2012 | Natural | 1,150 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LOMETA RANCH FIRE |
| 12 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 3771 W FM 581 |
| 5 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HAY FIELD |
| 24 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 120 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 580 |
| 19 July 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | POWERLINE |
| 18 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 580 |
| 9 May 2008 | Debris and open burning | 200 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 26 May 2011 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | KILAIN |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rough Creek Crossing | 3.3 miles | 16 | |
| Bend | 4.7 miles | 16 | |
| High Valley | 6.0 miles | 16 | |
| Chappel | 8.4 miles | 16 | |
| San Saba | 11.4 miles | 16 | |
| McMillan | 13.1 miles | 15 | |
| Harkeyville | 15.1 miles | 13 | |
| Fairview | 15.6 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379927. 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.







