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Red Springs, Texas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Maud-Redwater census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75501. The Survey maps it on the Leary quadrangle.

Red Springs within Bowie County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 18 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

319 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 319 fires within 5 miles of Red Springs between 1993 and 2019, burning about 1,655 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 31 were 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 burning211
Missing data/not specified/undetermined38
Arson/incendiarism31
Equipment and vehicle use15
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Smoking4
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Natural4
Fireworks1
Other causes1

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
9 September 2019Debris and open burning15 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBOWIE 12:32
9 September 1999Debris and open burning15 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
9 September 1998Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
9 September 1995Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
9 September 1995Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
7 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
6 September 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service657 SUNRAY RD
6 September 1998Railroad operations and maintenance24 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bowie County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Red Springs: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Bruce Kennedy PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Bruce Kennedy Pit 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Bruce Kennedy Pit 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Bruce Kennedy Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Bowie 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
Hartman2.3 miles18
Leary3.8 miles18
Nash4.2 miles18
Red Lick4.2 miles18
Eylau4.5 miles21
Redwater4.6 miles13
Victory City4.7 miles18
Wake Village4.8 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1366218. 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.