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Martin Springs, Texas

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Sulphur Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75482. The Survey maps it on the Sulphur Springs SE quadrangle.

Martin Springs within Hopkins County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

43 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Martin Springs between 2000 and 2019, burning about 791 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 burning23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Equipment and vehicle use6
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
5 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceIVERY
27 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
31 August 2005Debris and open burning85 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 326
30 August 2013Equipment and vehicle use8.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service6280
29 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service118 E/B
29 August 2005Debris and open burning75 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 321
11 August 2019Equipment and vehicle use10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHOPKINS 15:28
25 July 2011Equipment and vehicle use15 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGILBERT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hopkins County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Martin Springs: 3 producers, 3 unknowns, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), Clay. 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
Sulphur Springs PlantClayProducer
A D Green Refractories Pit BFire Clay (Refractory)Unknown
A P Green Refractories Pit AFire Clay (Refractory)Unknown
A P Green Refractories Pit CFire Clay (Refractory)Unknown
Sulphur Springs Brick CoFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Unnamed PitFire Clay (Refractory)ProducerSedimentary
Unnamed PitsFire Clay (Refractory)ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Hopkins 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
Thermo2.8 miles9
Tazewell3.6 miles9
Sulphur Springs4.0 miles8
Union4.2 miles9
Rockdale4.3 miles8
Brinker4.8 miles9
Greenpond4.9 miles9
Como5.2 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378646. 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.