Little Ridge, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Nevada census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75173. The Survey maps it on the Lavon quadrangle. It stands 502 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1924 USGS Farmersville 3-c quadrangle1:48000
- 1930 USGS Farmersville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Lavon quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS McKinney quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
245 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 245 fires within 5 miles of Little Ridge between 2005 and 2020, burning about 863 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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 | 125 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 72 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 27 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Natural | 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 2011 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 15571 CR 543 - 11076947 |
| 6 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 78 & FM 6 - 11075970 |
| 6 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 18654 CR 913 - 11075679 |
| 30 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | W FM 6 / N STATE HIGHWAY 78 - 14099438 |
| 29 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | COUNTY ROAD 966 AND COUNTY ROAD 487 |
| 27 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1154 ROLLING MEADOW DR - 14098364 |
| 27 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 12454 S STATE HIGHWAY 205 - 13089170 |
| 26 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 10489 STATE HIGHWAY 205 - 14097962 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deep Water Point Estates | 0.4 miles | 11 | |
| Pebble Beach Sunset Acres | 1.5 miles | 11 | |
| Beverly Hill | 1.9 miles | 11 | |
| Copeville | 2.4 miles | 11 | |
| Clear Lake | 2.4 miles | 11 | |
| Lavon | 2.7 miles | 11 | |
| Yucote Acres | 2.9 miles | 11 | |
| Lavon Lake Lodges | 3.1 miles | 12 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Little Ridge | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22076525 | 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 1340160. 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.





