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Rockwell, Texas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Biardstown census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75462. The Survey maps it on the Biardstown quadrangle.

Rockwell within Lamar County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 11 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

68 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Rockwell between 2006 and 2015, burning about 664 acres in total. None 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 burning33
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Equipment and vehicle use10
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Arson/incendiarism1
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCOOKING SMOKER
8 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCOOKING SMOKER 3
8 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCOOKING SMOKER 2
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service559 CHURCH ST
3 September 2013Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
2 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service4200 CLARKSVILLE
19 September 2012Debris and open burning15 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS
12 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service300 EVERGREEN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lamar County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Rockwell: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General. 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
UnknownLimestone, GeneralPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lamar County

Storms near this place

3 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rockwell in 3 storm reports between 2012 and 2020: 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2020HailRockwell$10,000An MPING report indicated golf ball sized hail approximately 6 miles south of Paris, TX.
April 2020HailRockwell$5,000Hail was estimated around 1.75-2 in diameter east of Atlas.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindRockwell$2,000Paris PD reported downed power lines in the road and tree limbs blocking roads.

Every storm recorded in Lamar 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
Marvin3.7 miles8
Atlas3.9 miles11
Glory4.0 miles11
Biardstown4.3 miles11
Jennings4.5 miles8
Paris4.8 miles11
Broadway5.0 miles11
Broadway Junction5.2 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1366739. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.