BlockKnight Crossing, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1985. It lies in ZIP code area 76878. It stands on Elm Creek. The Survey maps it on the Whon quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 15 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.
- 1894 USGS Brady quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1924 USGS Brady 2-a quadrangle1:48000
- 1928 USGS Waldrip quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Brownwood quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1973 USGS Whon quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Brady quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
11 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Knight Crossing between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,490 acres in total. 2 started naturally. None was 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 burning | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOLF |
| 30 August 2008 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 12 August 2016 | Natural | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FLAT TOP |
| 14 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1,097 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WALDROP |
| 13 July 2009 | Debris and open burning | 80 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 316 FIRE |
| 28 April 2008 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 24 February 2015 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COLEMAN COUNTY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Knight Crossing: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Uranium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mcbryde Mine | Uranium | Producer | ||
| Trevino Mine | Uranium | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walker Crossing | 1.1 miles | 15 | |
| Mitchell Crossing | 1.2 miles | 15 | |
| Military Crossing | 3.3 miles | 15 | |
| Fife | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Waldrip | 4.4 miles | 14 | |
| Lohn | 8.3 miles | 13 | |
| Mercury | 9.8 miles | 16 | |
| Placid | 11.1 miles | 14 |
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 Q122559216 | 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 1380034. 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.