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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 12 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 Avinger quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
209 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 109 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 30 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MORRIS 12:45 |
| 5 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HILLCREST FIRE |
| 30 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2010086 |
| 30 September 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 471 |
| 30 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 351 |
| 29 September 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 45 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 18 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lone Star Deposits | Iron, Water, Free | Past Producer | 1830, 1855 | |
| Oak Grove-Rock Springs Deposit | Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Goethite, Hematite, Siderite | |
| Avinger | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Chambers-Hughes | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Chambers-Hughes Deposit | Iron | Occurrence | Goethite, Hematite, Siderite | |
| Ed West | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Ed West Deposit | Iron | Occurrence | Goethite, Hematite | |
| Goodson-Prewitts Lake Deposits | Iron | Occurrence | Goethite, Hematite, Siderite | |
| Hooten Hill Deposit | Iron | Occurrence | Goethite, Hematite, Siderite | |
| Lone Star Steel Hughes Springs Mine | Iron | Past 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patman | 2.2 miles | 12 | |
| Hughes Springs | 2.2 miles | 12 | |
| Sardis | 4.3 miles | 10 | |
| Avinger | 5.6 miles | 12 | |
| Pruitt Lake | 5.8 miles | 12 | |
| Bear Creek | 8.9 miles | 11 | |
| Carterville | 9.9 miles | 10 | |
| Liberty | 10.4 miles | 11 |
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 Love | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q16894362 | 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 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.



