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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.

Hicks Crossing within San Saba County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

21 since 2005

Regional 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 burning10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Natural1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
13 August 2012Natural1,150 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLOMETA RANCH FIRE
12 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service3771 W FM 581
5 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHAY FIELD
24 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined120 acresTexas A & M Forest Service580
19 July 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServicePOWERLINE
18 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM 580
9 May 2008Debris and open burning200 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
26 May 2011Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceKILAIN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Saba 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
Rough Creek Crossing3.3 miles16
Bend4.7 miles16
High Valley6.0 miles16
Chappel8.4 miles16
San Saba11.4 miles16
McMillan13.1 miles15
Harkeyville15.1 miles13
Fairview15.6 miles14

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.