River Creek Acres, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the George West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78022. It lies near Gamble Gully. The Survey maps it on the George West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 12 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.
- 1920 USGS Mikeska quadrangle1:125000
- 1925 USGS Oakville No. 4 quadrangle1:48000
- 1927 USGS Oakville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS George West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS George West quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
32 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of River Creek Acres between 2006 and 2019, burning about 1,226 acres in total. None 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 | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | G.W GRASS FIRE |
| 7 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 150 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TRVFD2011-93 |
| 29 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | TRVFD2019097 |
| 20 July 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RANCH |
| 18 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TRVFD2019092 |
| 8 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TRVFD2019066 |
| 29 June 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 70 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 20 June 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | IH 37 & HWY 59 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mikeska | 0.9 miles | 12 | |
| George West | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Dinero | 6.7 miles | 12 | |
| La Para | 6.8 miles | 9 | |
| Ike | 8.6 miles | 11 | |
| Mount Lucas | 9.4 miles | 12 | |
| Oakville | 10.8 miles | 11 | |
| Hideaway Hill | 11.2 miles | 12 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122597732 | 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 1345259. 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.








