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New Colony, Texas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Linden census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75563. It stands on Colley Creek. The Survey maps it on the Linden quadrangle.

New Colony within Cass County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

223 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 223 fires within 5 miles of New Colony between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,096 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 18 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 burning128
Missing data/not specified/undetermined47
Arson/incendiarism18
Equipment and vehicle use10
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Natural6
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony1
Fireworks1

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 1999Debris and open burning6.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
9 September 1995Misuse of fire by a minor3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined22 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCASS 08:12
7 September 2000Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 381
5 September 2010Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMR. COOK
5 September 2000Natural3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 372
4 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 334
4 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 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

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of New Colony: 4 occurrences, 2 producers, 2 past producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Iron, 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
John Stone Hill DepositIron, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerGlauconite, Goethite, Hematite
BivensIronOccurrence
Bivins DepositIronPast ProducerGoethite, Hematite, Siderite
Bonanza Mining CompanyIronPast Producer
John Stone HillIronOccurrence
Siderite MineIronProducerLimonite, Siderite
SurrattIronUnknown
Surratt DepositIronOccurrenceGoethite, Hematite, Siderite
WarrenIronOccurrence

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
Roach2.1 miles11
Warren Springs4.2 miles10
Linden4.3 miles11
Oak Grove5.1 miles12
Pleasant Hill5.2 miles10
O'Farrell5.4 miles11
Bivins5.6 miles12
Bethsaida5.9 miles12

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 New ColonyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q125156270The 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 1378738. 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.