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Red Springs, Texas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Winona census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75706. The Survey maps it on the Crow quadrangle. It stands 525 feet above sea level.

Red Springs within Smith County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 12 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

231 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 231 fires within 5 miles of Red Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,017 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 11 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 burning135
Missing data/not specified/undetermined57
Arson/incendiarism11
Equipment and vehicle use9
Natural6
Smoking5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
8 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
6 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
5 September 2013Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
3 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
27 September 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
26 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
25 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM 16
24 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 562

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Smith County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Red Springs: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Halite, Limestone, General, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
Reliance Clay Products PttFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Steen Salt DomeHalite, Limestone, General, Gypsum-AnhydritePast Producer1866

Every working recorded in Smith 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
Sand Flat3.1 miles15
Winona6.2 miles15
Shady Grove6.3 miles15
Thedford7.4 miles15
Lindale7.4 miles13
Owentown7.7 miles15
Wood Springs8.1 miles15
Waters Bluff8.3 miles13

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 Red SpringsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q22076566The 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 1378943. 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.