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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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
- 1963 USGS Cain City quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Pedernales River quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
186 since 2004Regional 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 burning | 131 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RANCHROAD1631FIRE |
| 8 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 26 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PEACH |
| 8 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 754 WOODLAND DR |
| 8 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 290 E CHAPARRAL RD |
| 8 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 87 S GRASS FIRE |
| 6 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1420 E MAIN ST |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard Gypsum Co. Plant | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer | ||
| Boenes Pits & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Palo Alto Creek Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Weirch Bros Behrends Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Wunderlich Ready Mix Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cain City | 2.2 miles | 11 | |
| Blumenthal | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Luckenbach | 3.7 miles | 11 | |
| Fredericksburg | 5.4 miles | 12 | |
| Grapetown | 5.5 miles | 11 | |
| Stonewall | 6.9 miles | 13 | |
| Albert | 10.4 miles | 13 | |
| Morris Ranch | 11.6 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 Hill | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q8073218 | 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 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.





