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Lawson Crossing, Texas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1993. The Survey maps it on the Pine Forest quadrangle.

Lawson Crossing within Orange County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

53 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Lawson Crossing between 1992 and 2020, burning about 514 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 21 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
Arson/incendiarism21
Debris and open burning19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1
Natural1

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
27 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
22 September 2010Debris and open burning2.0 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 321
20 September 2004Debris and open burning2.0 acresBig Thicket National ParkGOURGUES
10 September 1999Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
5 August 2006Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODVILLE - 284
27 August 2017Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceTEST
23 June 1998Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
23 May 2006Debris and open burning10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODVILLE - 245

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Orange County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Lawson Crossing: 8 producers, 1 past producer. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, Bromine. 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
Beaumont PlantBromineProducer
Rose City PitSilicaProducer
Rose City Sand PitSilicaProducer
Beeco PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSand
L O Block Sand CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Larry Tinkle Sand CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Rose City PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSand
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSand

Every working recorded in Orange 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
Rose City2.7 miles19
Vidor3.9 miles15
Echo Forest4.4 miles15
Pine Forest4.5 miles15
Lakeview Estates5.0 miles15
Connell5.4 miles16
Maple Crest Acres5.7 miles13
Lakewood5.8 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 Q122543222The 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 1378571. 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.