Moore Hill, Texas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Livingston-Onalaska census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77351. The Survey maps it on the Blanchard quadrangle.

Moore Hill within Polk County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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.

1954 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Blanchard quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1984 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1985 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

103 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 103 fires within 5 miles of Moore Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 324 acres in total. 1 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
Debris and open burning	76
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	10
Smoking	4
Misuse of fire by a minor	4
Recreation and ceremony	2
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Arson/incendiarism	2
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	5.0 acres	Livingston Area	LIVINGSTON - 875
7 September 1995	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	not named
29 September 2010	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Livingston Area	LIVINGSTON - 323
21 September 1997	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	not named
2 September 1992	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	not named
15 September 1999	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	not named
11 September 2008	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	not named
11 September 2002	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	WOODVILLE - 194

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Polk County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Moore Hill: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Goodrich Pit & Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Polk 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
West Livingston	1.7 miles	12
Tigerville	2.4 miles	12
East Tempe	2.7 miles	12
Blanchard	3.4 miles	12
Swartout	3.9 miles	12
Tobacco Patch	4.4 miles	12
West Tempe	4.6 miles	13
Lamont	4.8 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380886. 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.