Rocky Point, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Palestine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75801. It stands on White Oak Creek. The Survey maps it on the Neches quadrangle.
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.
- 1951 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Neches quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
177 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 177 fires within 5 miles of Rocky Point between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,901 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 12 were 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 | 69 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 57 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FIRE |
| 8 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 528 |
| 8 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 529 |
| 7 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FIRE |
| 7 September 2011 | Natural | 82 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 519 |
| 7 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 September 2018 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CHEROKEE 17:16 |
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 Point: 1 plant. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Aluminum, Contained or Metal. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Aluminum Co of America Smelter | Aluminum, Contained or Metal | Plant |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flint Hill | 1.3 miles | 11 | |
| Neches | 3.3 miles | 11 | |
| Todd City | 5.7 miles | 10 | |
| Jarvis | 5.9 miles | 11 | |
| Herring | 6.1 miles | 11 | |
| Wells Creek | 6.6 miles | 13 | |
| Mound Prairie | 6.9 miles | 13 | |
| Kossuth | 7.4 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.
| Wikidata item Q31709365 | 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 1889583. 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.





