Hide-A-Way Lake, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Lindale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75771. It stands on Davis Branch. The Survey maps it on the Mount Sylvan quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1948 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1966 USGS Mount Sylvan quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
131 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 131 fires within 5 miles of Hide-A-Way Lake between 1992 and 2018, burning about 1,052 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 were 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 | 89 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Natural | 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 2009 | Debris and open burning | 60 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 211 |
| 8 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 46 CURVE FIRE |
| 4 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COUNTY RD 46 FIRE |
| 4 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 26 September 2004 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 143 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Hide-A-Way Lake: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory). Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lindale Pits | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Producer | Sedimentary |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hideaway | 0.1 miles | 15 | |
| Mount Sylvan | 2.4 miles | 15 | |
| Wood Springs | 2.9 miles | 15 | |
| Lindale | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Thedford | 3.2 miles | 15 | |
| Carroll | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Garden Valley | 5.2 miles | 16 | |
| New Harmony | 5.3 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2034744. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.






