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Love, Texas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Hughes Springs-Avinger census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75656. It stands on King Branch. The Survey maps it on the Avinger quadrangle. It stands 344 feet above sea level.

Love within Cass County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 12 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

209 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 209 fires within 5 miles of Love between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,440 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 30 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 burning109
Arson/incendiarism30
Missing data/not specified/undetermined29
Power generation/transmission/distribution15
Equipment and vehicle use9
Natural6
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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
7 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMORRIS 12:45
5 September 1997Debris and open burning15 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
4 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHILLCREST FIRE
30 September 2010Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2010086
30 September 2000Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 471
30 September 1993Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
3 September 2000Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 351
29 September 1994Arson/incendiarism45 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cass County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Love: 12 occurrences, 5 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Water, Free. 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
Lone Star DepositsIron, Water, FreePast Producer1830, 1855
Oak Grove-Rock Springs DepositIron, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceGoethite, Hematite, Siderite
AvingerIronUnknown
Chambers-HughesIronOccurrence
Chambers-Hughes DepositIronOccurrenceGoethite, Hematite, Siderite
Ed WestIronOccurrence
Ed West DepositIronOccurrenceGoethite, Hematite
Goodson-Prewitts Lake DepositsIronOccurrenceGoethite, Hematite, Siderite
Hooten Hill DepositIronOccurrenceGoethite, Hematite, Siderite
Lone Star Steel Hughes Springs MineIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Cass 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
Patman2.2 miles12
Hughes Springs2.2 miles12
Sardis4.3 miles10
Avinger5.6 miles12
Pruitt Lake5.8 miles12
Bear Creek8.9 miles11
Carterville9.9 miles10
Liberty10.4 miles11

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 LoveAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q16894362The 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 1378615. 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.