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New Prospect, Texas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Henderson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75652. The Survey maps it on the Church Hill quadrangle.

New Prospect within Rusk 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.

Fires near this place

309 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 309 fires within 5 miles of New Prospect between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,386 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 16 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 burning133
Missing data/not specified/undetermined97
Equipment and vehicle use20
Arson/incendiarism16
Power generation/transmission/distribution14
Natural11
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Smoking4
Fireworks4
Recreation and ceremony2
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
9 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
9 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 495
8 September 1993Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
7 September 2004Smoking3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 118
7 September 2000Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 490
6 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service17-0000286
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSTRONG CEMETERY
5 September 2011Smoking1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service43 FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rusk County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of New Prospect: 13 producers, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. 13 still produce. What was taken out: Kaolin, Kaolin, Fire Clay (Refractory), Fire Clay (Refractory), Kaolin, 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
Burkett PitFire Clay (Refractory), KaolinProducerSedimentary
Henderson Brick Plant & PitClayProducer
Lewis PitKaolin, Fire Clay (Refractory)ProducerSedimentary
Major Brick Sales Co Pit 1ClayPast Producer
Major Brick Sales Co Pit 2ClayUnknown
Plastic PitsFire Clay (Refractory), KaolinProducerSedimentary
Unnamed PitKaolin, Fire Clay (Refractory)ProducerSedimentary
Unnamed PitKaolin, Fire Clay (Refractory)ProducerSedimentary
Wylie PitFire Clay (Refractory), KaolinProducerSedimentary
Henderson Clay Products Burkett PitKaolinProducer

Every working recorded in Rusk 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
Church Hill3.8 miles12
Lake View4.5 miles14
Crims Chapel (historical)4.6 miles15
Henderson4.8 miles14
Craig4.9 miles15
Oak Hill5.4 miles16
Crimcrest5.6 miles14
Chapman6.4 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380892. 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.