Quarry, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Gay Hill-Independence census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77833. It lies near Green Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Somerville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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 Somerville quadrangle1:62500
- 1959 USGS Somerville quadrangle1:24000
- 1971 USGS Somerville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1993 USGS Brenham quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
162 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 162 fires within 5 miles of Quarry between 2000 and 2020, burning about 757 acres in total. 4 started naturally. None was 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 | 58 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 54 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Smoking | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BIG CREEK PK |
| 4 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CLYDE SMITH |
| 4 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | OVERLOOK PARK |
| 4 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SHEPARD MOUNTAIN RANCH FIRE |
| 3 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SHEPARD MOUTAIN |
| 3 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LONGPOINT ROAD FIRE |
| 29 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 201 FM 390 W |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gay Hill | 2.6 miles | 10 | |
| Rehburg | 4.6 miles | 10 | |
| Longpoint | 5.0 miles | 7 | |
| Zionville | 7.4 miles | 10 | |
| Prairie Hill | 8.2 miles | 10 | |
| Independence | 8.7 miles | 10 | |
| Union Hill | 9.1 miles | 7 | |
| Burton | 9.8 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2034875. 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.




