BlockRed Lake, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Butler census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75840. The Survey maps it on the Butler 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.
- 1953 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Butler quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
73 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Red Lake between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2,870 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 40 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 134FCR273 |
| 26 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 21 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | KEN MADDOX |
| 20 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE FCR 240 |
| 20 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 65 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 279 |
| 19 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BUTLER GRASS FIRE MUTUAL AID |
| 19 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | M/A GRASS FIRE HWY 84 |
| 18 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 90 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 215 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Red Lake: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Salt. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Butler | Salt | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Butler | 1.8 miles | 10 | |
| Plum Creek | 5.2 miles | 9 | |
| Turlington | 5.5 miles | 8 | |
| Lanely | 7.3 miles | 8 | |
| Dew | 11.1 miles | 8 | |
| Concord | 11.4 miles | 8 | |
| Ward Prairie | 11.6 miles | 7 | |
| Fairfield | 11.7 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380422. 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.