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Little River, Texas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Temple census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76554. The Survey maps it on the Little River quadrangle.

Little River within Bell County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

69 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Little River between 2002 and 2020, burning about 469 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined30
Debris and open burning20
Equipment and vehicle use11
Smoking4
Arson/incendiarism2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
9 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASSFIRE
5 September 2011Smoking50 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASSFIRE HWY 95
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSTAG ROAD FIRE 2011
28 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceROGERS GRASS FIRE SH 95
22 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCENTRAL TX - 41
18 September 2009Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service6942 CAMPBELL HILL ROAD
9 August 2019Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBEADLE LN FIRE
7 August 2009Smokingunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service7491 DICE GROVE RD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bell County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Little River: 12 past producers, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
BeltonSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Belton Sand and Gravel Lampasas PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Bell County

Storms near this place

1 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Little River in 1 storm report in 1999: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 1999Thunderstorm WindLittle River$1,000Power poles were snapped off.

Every storm recorded in Bell 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
Little River-Academy0.4 miles15
Academy1.4 miles15
Summers Mill3.7 miles14
Heidenheimer3.9 miles15
Childers Mill (historical)4.1 miles14
Sparks4.2 miles15
Smith4.7 miles15
Hobbs5.8 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1388216. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.