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Java, Texas

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Rusk census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75785. It stands on Brigman Branch. The Survey maps it on the Maydelle quadrangle.

Java within Cherokee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

100 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 100 fires within 5 miles of Java between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,441 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 9 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 burning41
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Natural14
Arson/incendiarism9
Smoking5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
6 September 2018Natural25 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWILDFIRE
6 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceTWIN LAKES
22 September 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 286
21 September 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 282
21 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
20 September 2000Natural1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 552
20 September 2000Natural1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 553
17 September 2005Natural2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 263

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cherokee County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Java: 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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
Hassell MountainIronUnknown
Hawes TractIronUnknown

Every working recorded in Cherokee 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
Maydelle1.5 miles10
Mewshaw2.1 miles10
Oakland5.7 miles11
Delmer6.1 miles11
Pine Grove6.7 miles10
Dialville6.9 miles11
Lone Oak7.1 miles10
Pierces Chapel7.2 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379999. 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.