Indian Hills, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Burkeville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75977. It stands on Deer Creek. The Survey maps it on the Weeks Settlement quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1953 USGS Alexandria quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Alexandria quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Brookeland quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS Brookeland quadrangle1:62500
- 1984 USGS Weeks Settlement quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Leesville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
96 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of Indian Hills between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,481 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 33 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 33 |
| Debris and open burning | 28 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 26 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 23 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 889-E-16 |
| 23 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 23 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mattox | 2.4 miles | 9 | |
| Wiergate | 3.6 miles | 9 | |
| Farrsville | 4.3 miles | 9 | |
| Mayflower | 4.5 miles | 14 | |
| Shankleville | 5.1 miles | 9 | |
| Burkeville | 5.4 miles | 9 | |
| Weeks Settlement | 5.5 miles | 9 | |
| Liberty | 7.8 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379986. 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.





