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Rocky Springs, Texas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 2003. It stands in the Huntington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75901. The Survey maps it on the Huntington quadrangle.

Rocky Springs within Angelina County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 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

230 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 230 fires within 5 miles of Rocky Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,048 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 35 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 burning143
Arson/incendiarism35
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Equipment and vehicle use10
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Natural6
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony2

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
9 September 2012Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service55-2012
7 September 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
4 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use30 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODVILLE - 655
3 September 1997Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
27 September 2013Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service1084-5
25 September 2014Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSCOTT MOOREHEAD
25 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service90-2011
23 September 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceFILEPE LANDAVERDE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Angelina County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Rocky Springs: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Bentonite. 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
Bennett Clark Bentonite PitBentonitePast Producer
General MillsBentoniteProducer
Southern Clay Products PitBentoniteProducer
Unnamed PitBentonitePast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Angelina 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
Dunagan1.9 miles14
Alco2.4 miles14
Homer3.3 miles14
Huntington3.3 miles14
Thomas Crossing4.9 miles14
Herty5.2 miles14
Oak Flat5.5 miles14
Moffitt5.7 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1383720. 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.