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Jasper Heights, Texas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Marshall census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75672. The Survey maps it on the Marshall East quadrangle.

Jasper Heights within Harrison 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

206 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 206 fires within 5 miles of Jasper Heights between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,219 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 8 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 burning126
Missing data/not specified/undetermined35
Equipment and vehicle use13
Arson/incendiarism8
Natural5
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Smoking4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Recreation and ceremony2
Fireworks1

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
7 September 1993Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
4 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service1337 COMMAND
4 September 1998Natural1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
28 September 2017Debris and open burning6.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service6159
28 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM449
28 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
28 September 2004Debris and open burning14 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 182
25 September 2002Debris and open burning7.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 203

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Harrison County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 27 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Jasper Heights: 20 producers, 4 past producers, 3 unknowns. 20 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
Marshall Plant No. 2ClayProducer
Cobb PitFire Clay (Refractory)Producer
Cobb White and Schriver PitsFire Clay (Refractory)ProducerSedimentary
Henderson Clay Prod PitFire Clay (Refractory)Unknown
Henderson Clay Products Inc PitFire Clay (Refractory)Unknown
Henderson Clay Products Inc PitFire Clay (Refractory)Producer
Marshall PitsFire Clay (Refractory)Producer
Marshall Plant & PitsFire Clay (Refractory)Producer
Marshall Pottery New PlantFire Clay (Refractory)Producer
Marshall Pottery Old PlantFire Clay (Refractory)Unknown

Every working recorded in Harrison 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
Marshall2.3 miles12
Bel Air3.2 miles12
Scottsville4.6 miles14
Gainesville4.9 miles12
Quiney5.3 miles12
Nesbitt7.6 miles12
Crossroads8.1 miles14
Woodlawn8.5 miles13

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.

Wikidata item Q122541946The 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 1338651. 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.