Indian Creek, Texas
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Brownwood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76801. The Survey maps it on the Indian Creek quadrangle. It stands 1,326 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 18 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.
- 1889 USGS Brownwood quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Brownwood quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1928 USGS Zephyr quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Zephyr quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Brownwood quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1979 USGS Indian Creek quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Comanche quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Indian Creek quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
52 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Indian Creek between 2006 and 2020, burning about 1,258 acres in total. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 15 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FIRE |
| 1 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 August 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 13500 CR 237 |
| 31 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 July 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 12237 CR237 |
| 6 July 2020 | Natural | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FIRE |
| 5 July 2013 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 17851 CR 229 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Indian Creek in 8 storm reports between 2000 and 2024: 7 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Hail | Indian Creek | - | Public reported nickel to quarter size hail. Also, estimated a 50 mph wind gust. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Indian Creek | - | Public reported quarter size hail. |
| December 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Indian Creek | - | A large hearty twenty to thirty foot Oak Tree was completely uprooted. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Indian Creek | - | Quarter size hail was reported along Highway 377. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Indian Creek | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Indian Creek | - | no account filed |
| March 2001 | Hail | Indian Creek | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | Indian Creek | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keys Crossing | 3.9 miles | 15 | |
| Dulin | 6.3 miles | 13 | |
| Brookesmith | 7.6 miles | 13 | |
| Dalzell | 7.9 miles | 14 | |
| Fisk Crossing | 9.7 miles | 17 | |
| Tenmile Crossing | 9.9 miles | 20 | |
| Winchell | 10.2 miles | 16 | |
| Woodland Heights | 10.7 miles | 20 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Indian Creek | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6020118 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379985. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.







