Ray Point, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Three Rivers census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78071. It lies near Odom Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Ray Point quadrangle. It stands 233 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1953 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Suniland quadrangle1:62500
- 1961 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Ray Point quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Pleasanton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
93 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 93 fires within 5 miles of Ray Point between 2006 and 2020, burning about 587 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 45 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 26 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | TRVFD2019143 |
| 23 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | TRVFD2019141 |
| 23 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 72 GRASS FIRE |
| 23 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TRVFD2019140 |
| 23 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 18 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | TRVFD2009-110 |
| 17 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | TRVFD2011-127 |
| 10 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | TRVFD2011-117 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Ray Point: 8 past producers, 4 producers, 2 occurrences. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Uranium, Barium-Barite, Molybdenum, Selenium, Rhenium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kopplin Mine | Uranium, Molybdenum, Selenium | Past Producer | Stratabound | |
| Sulfur Creek Mine | Uranium, Molybdenum, Selenium, Rhenium | Past Producer | Stratabound | |
| Zamzow Mine (IEC) | Uranium, Selenium, Molybdenum | Past Producer | Stratabound | |
| Best Branch Occurrence | Barium-Barite | Occurrence | Barite | |
| Sulphur Creek Occurrence | Barium-Barite | Occurrence | Barite | |
| Felder Uranium Operation | Uranium | Producer | ||
| Kopplin Pit | Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Lamprecht Mine | Uranium | Past Producer | Stratabound | |
| Marrs-Mclean Pit No 1 | Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Marrs-Mclean Pit No 2 | Uranium | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakville | 4.5 miles | 11 | |
| Karon | 5.2 miles | 11 | |
| Three Rivers | 6.2 miles | 11 | |
| Ike | 9.2 miles | 11 | |
| La Para | 12.4 miles | 9 | |
| Simmons | 12.6 miles | 12 | |
| George West | 12.6 miles | 12 | |
| Whitsett | 12.8 miles | 11 |
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 Ray Point | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7297964 | 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 1380416. 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.






