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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.

Quarry within Washington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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

162 since 2000

Regional 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 burning58
Missing data/not specified/undetermined54
Equipment and vehicle use17
Smoking11
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Recreation and ceremony6
Natural4
Railroad operations and maintenance4
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
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBIG CREEK PK
4 September 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCLYDE SMITH
4 September 2011Recreation and ceremony1.5 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceOVERLOOK PARK
4 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
3 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSHEPARD MOUNTAIN RANCH FIRE
3 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSHEPARD MOUTAIN
3 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined100 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLONGPOINT ROAD FIRE
29 September 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service201 FM 390 W

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington 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
Gay Hill2.6 miles10
Rehburg4.6 miles10
Longpoint5.0 miles7
Zionville7.4 miles10
Prairie Hill8.2 miles10
Independence8.7 miles10
Union Hill9.1 miles7
Burton9.8 miles7

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.