BlockRocky Creek, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Johnson City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78636. It stands on Post Oak Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rocky Creek quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1894 USGS Fredericksburg quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Rocky Creek quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Pedernales River quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
39 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Rocky Creek between 1993 and 2020, burning about 712 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 56 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LEVEL CREEK |
| 8 August 2017 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 317 AUSTIN RD BLANCO CO |
| 2 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 9242 RR 1320 |
| 2 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 31 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 290 WEST FIRE |
| 23 July 2009 | Natural | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RED ROCK RANCH FIRE |
| 17 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 290 E |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Rocky Creek: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dolostone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westbrook (historical) | 1.0 miles | 12 | |
| Hye | 2.4 miles | 13 | |
| Post Oak | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Johnson City | 6.3 miles | 15 | |
| Sandy | 8.0 miles | 15 | |
| Flugrath | 10.4 miles | 12 | |
| Blanco | 12.1 miles | 13 | |
| Blowout | 13.6 miles | 11 |
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 Rocky Creek | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q113648967 | 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 1378976. 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.