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Rock Creek, Texas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the China Spring census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76708. It stands on North Fork Rock Creek. The Survey maps it on the Gholson quadrangle.

Rock Creek within McLennan 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

267 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 267 fires within 5 miles of Rock Creek between 2001 and 2020, burning about 1,393 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 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 burning121
Missing data/not specified/undetermined75
Equipment and vehicle use32
Smoking21
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Recreation and ceremony4
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Arson/incendiarism2

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
5 September 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service18318
5 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service1829 RIVER RD
30 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service17-2730020
30 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service166-17
30 September 2013Debris and open burning6.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCULPEPPER LN. FIRE
30 September 2004Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
3 September 2005Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
25 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service1862019

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in McLennan County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Rock Creek: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica. 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
Grayson PitSilicaPast Producer
H and B No 3Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Waco Sand and Gravel Co Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in McLennan 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
Patrick1.2 miles18
Valley View2.5 miles18
Erath2.6 miles18
Gholson2.7 miles18
China Springs3.6 miles18
Bosqueville4.7 miles19
Eichelberger Crossing4.9 miles19
Rogers Hill5.0 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380447. 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.