Ross City, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Big Spring census division. The Survey maps it on the Forsan 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.
- 1941 USGS Big Spring South quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Big Spring South quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Big Spring quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Big Spring quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Forsan quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Big Spring quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
96 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of Ross City between 2005 and 2020, burning about 10,415 acres in total. 5 started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 34 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 28 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Natural | 5 |
| 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 August 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 821 |
| 6 August 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 21 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 3 MILES EAST OF SOUTH HWY 87 ON FM 821 |
| 30 August 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | S 87 AND 461 |
| 28 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MLK ASSIST BSFD |
| 24 August 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DOUGHTITT RANCH |
| 24 August 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 821 |
| 21 August 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 461 |
| 14 August 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MCDONALD RD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ross City in 1 storm report in 1995: 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1995 | Hail | Ross City | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forsan | 3.3 miles | 11 | |
| Otis Chalk | 3.4 miles | 11 | |
| South Haven | 11.1 miles | 12 | |
| Elbow | 11.8 miles | 10 | |
| Midway | 12.7 miles | 10 | |
| Sand Springs | 13.1 miles | 10 | |
| Webb Village | 13.2 miles | 12 | |
| Ziler | 13.3 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 Ross City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q85797945 | 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 2034914. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.





