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Red Hill, Texas

6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Groesbeck census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76642. It stands on Rocky Creek. The Survey maps it on the Thornton quadrangle.

Red Hill within Limestone County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 6 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

76 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of Red Hill between 1996 and 2020, burning about 1,558 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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/undetermined35
Debris and open burning24
Equipment and vehicle use7
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony2
Arson/incendiarism1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined65 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSOUTH RUSK ST
19 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service9192
19 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service9193
19 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service9191
8 August 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service8082
31 August 2019Equipment and vehicle use3.5 acresTexas A & M Forest Service8313
31 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service8312019
3 August 2012Power generation/transmission/distribution116 acresTexas A & M Forest Service3022

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Limestone County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Red Hill: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Limestone, General. 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
UnknownLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Barron Brick Plant and PitClayPast Producer
UnknownClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Limestone 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
Box Church1.9 miles7
Groesbeck2.8 miles8
Beulah2.9 miles6
Davis Prairie4.7 miles6
Center5.0 miles8
Fort Parker5.6 miles8
LaSalle5.9 miles8
Doyle6.0 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380421. 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.