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Holly Springs, Texas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Ben Wheeler-Edom census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75754. The Survey maps it on the Martins Mill quadrangle.

Holly Springs within Van Zandt County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

155 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 155 fires within 5 miles of Holly Springs between 1993 and 2019, burning about 2,095 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 4 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 burning112
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Equipment and vehicle use13
Arson/incendiarism4
Natural2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
4 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution300 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceDAWN VIEW RANCH FIRE
30 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service4403
29 September 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service858
28 September 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service858
27 September 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2311
26 September 2015Debris and open burning15 acresTexas A & M Forest Service1516
25 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service2318
24 September 2015Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service858

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Van Zandt County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Holly Springs: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Athens Brick Van Zandt County PitClayProducer
Van Zandt County PitFire Clay (Refractory)ProducerSedimentary
Yancy PitFire Clay (Refractory)ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Van Zandt 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
Martins Mill1.5 miles13
Ben Wheeler3.9 miles13
Colfax5.7 miles14
Mars5.8 miles13
Tundra5.9 miles13
Walton6.4 miles13
Denman Crossroads6.5 miles13
Owlett Green7.6 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378466. 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.