BlockPeach Creek, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the South Brazos census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77845. The Survey maps it on the Ferguson Crossing quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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.
- 1954 USGS Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Carlos quadrangle1:62500
- 1959 USGS Ferguson Crossing quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1993 USGS Bryan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
133 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 133 fires within 5 miles of Peach Creek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 428 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 46 |
| Debris and open burning | 32 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 30 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 8 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MARGRAVES FIRE |
| 8 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 17-6258 GREENS PRAIRIE FIRE |
| 7 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 16-5882 TRAILER FIRE |
| 6 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 21155 STATE HIGHWAY 6 S |
| 5 September 2014 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 14-0005468 ARRINGTON FIRE |
| 5 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 105 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CHISOLM TRAIL FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Peach Creek: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Halite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Millican Salt Dome | Halite | Occurrence | Halite |
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.
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 Peach Creek | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q114585447 | 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 1380333. 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.