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Pruitt Lake, Texas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Hughes Springs-Avinger census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75630. It stands on Flat Creek. The Survey maps it on the Avinger quadrangle.

Pruitt Lake within Cass County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 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

153 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 153 fires within 5 miles of Pruitt Lake between 1992 and 2020, burning about 42,063 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 15 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 burning67
Missing data/not specified/undetermined28
Arson/incendiarism15
Natural14
Equipment and vehicle use10
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Smoking5
Recreation and ceremony5
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Other causes1

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
6 September 2000Smoking1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 376
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined41,050 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBEAR CREEK FIRE
3 September 2000Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 351
29 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLLOYD GRASS FIRE
26 September 1994Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
24 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
23 September 2002Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 198
22 September 2012Debris and open burning10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 6254

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cass County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Pruitt Lake: 6 occurrences, 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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
Avinger DepositsIronPast ProducerGoethite, Hematite
Bear CreekIronOccurrence
Bear Creek DepositIronOccurrenceGoethite, Hematite
Concord School DepositIronOccurrenceGoethite, Hematite, Siderite
Goodson-Prewitts LakeIronOccurrence
Goodson-Prewitts Lake DepositsIronOccurrenceGoethite, Hematite, Siderite
Mathis & Mathis Siderite Mine MillIronProducer
Norwood HillIronOccurrence

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
Bear Creek3.2 miles11
Patman3.7 miles12
Sardis4.2 miles10
Avinger4.6 miles12
Liberty5.5 miles11
Caves Spring5.6 miles11
Love5.8 miles12
Fairview6.6 miles11

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.

Wikidata item Q122551809The 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 1378913. 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.