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Rocky Hill, Texas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Stonewall census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78624. It stands on Salt Branch. The Survey maps it on the Cain City quadrangle. It stands 1,594 feet above sea level.

Rocky Hill within Gillespie County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

186 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 186 fires within 5 miles of Rocky Hill between 2004 and 2020, burning about 942 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 burning131
Missing data/not specified/undetermined28
Equipment and vehicle use19
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Arson/incendiarism1
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceRANCHROAD1631FIRE
8 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use26 acresTexas A & M Forest ServicePEACH
8 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service754 WOODLAND DR
8 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service290 E CHAPARRAL RD
8 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service87 S GRASS FIRE
6 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
6 September 2005Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
5 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service1420 E MAIN ST

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gillespie County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Rocky Hill: 4 producers, 1 past producer. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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
Standard Gypsum Co. PlantGypsum-AnhydriteProducer
Boenes Pits & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Palo Alto Creek Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Weirch Bros Behrends PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Wunderlich Ready Mix Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Gillespie 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
Cain City2.2 miles11
Blumenthal2.8 miles13
Luckenbach3.7 miles11
Fredericksburg5.4 miles12
Grapetown5.5 miles11
Stonewall6.9 miles13
Albert10.4 miles13
Morris Ranch11.6 miles11

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 HillAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q8073218The 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 1378977. 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.