BlockLawrence Springs, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Grand Saline census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75140. It stands on Herrin Branch. The Survey maps it on the Fruitvale quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1956 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1962 USGS Fruitvale quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Mineola quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Mineola quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
151 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 151 fires within 5 miles of Lawrence Springs between 1996 and 2020, burning about 712 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 4 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 burning | 97 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 38 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2211 VZCR 3501 |
| 8 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 6 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 09-152 |
| 5 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 3103 REKINDLE |
| 5 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 3103 VZCR 3103 |
| 25 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | VZCR 1820 |
| 25 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 23 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | VZCR 1110 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Lawrence Springs: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Salt, Halite, Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Saline Mine | Halite, Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer | 1888, 1931 | |
| Grand Saline Operation | Salt | Producer | ||
| Grand Saline Salt Mine | Salt | 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.
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 Q122596301 | 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 1378569. 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.