BlockRocky Hill, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Marlin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76661. It stands on Cedar Creek. The Survey maps it on the Marlin quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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.
- 1954 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Marlin quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Marlin quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
23 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Rocky Hill between 2005 and 2012, burning about 226 acres in total. 2 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 burning | 12 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | ROBERTS FIRE |
| 30 August 2009 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BUZZARD IN POWER LINES |
| 29 August 2009 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DREWS HAY FIRE |
| 1 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 1 August 2008 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 28 July 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2874 FIRE |
| 27 July 2008 | Debris and open burning | 60 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 26 July 2008 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marlin | 3.9 miles | 8 | |
| Satin | 4.4 miles | 14 | |
| Guda | 4.5 miles | 14 | |
| Triangle | 5.1 miles | 8 | |
| Perry | 5.2 miles | 8 | |
| Tomlinson Hill | 6.0 miles | 8 | |
| McClanahan | 6.4 miles | 7 | |
| Sunrise | 6.6 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380451. 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.