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Indian Rock, Texas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Gilmer census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75645. The Survey maps it on the Glenwood quadrangle.

Indian Rock within Upshur County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 12 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

652 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 652 fires within 5 miles of Indian Rock between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,814 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 16 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 burning455
Missing data/not specified/undetermined100
Equipment and vehicle use21
Power generation/transmission/distribution19
Natural18
Arson/incendiarism16
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Smoking6
Fireworks5
Recreation and ceremony3
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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
9 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service190328
9 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service190329
9 September 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service14-0299
9 September 2012Debris and open burning8.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 6237
9 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
8 September 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service17-0320
8 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service13-0274
7 September 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service17-0318

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Upshur County

Storms near this place

4 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Indian Rock in 4 storm reports between 2008 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2023Thunderstorm WindIndian Rock-Power poles were snapped several miles east of Gilmer.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindIndian Rock-A tree was blown down on FM 555 just east of Gilmer.
November 2012Thunderstorm WindIndian Rock-A large tree was downed on FM. 1650.
May 2008Flash FloodIndian Rock-High water was reported across Hwy 154. Several creeks were also out of the banks from excessive heavy rainfall.

Every storm recorded in Upshur 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
Piedmont3.3 miles12
Valley View3.3 miles12
Gilmer3.9 miles12
Graceton4.5 miles12
Pattonfield4.6 miles12
Glenwood4.8 miles12
Sand Hill4.8 miles12
Friendship5.2 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2034802. 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.