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Rye, Texas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Hardin-Rye census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77369. The Survey maps it on the Romayor quadrangle. It stands 121 feet above sea level.

Rye within Liberty County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

38 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Rye between 1996 and 2020, burning about 504 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 10 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
Arson/incendiarism10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Debris and open burning9
Natural4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2012Natural15 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 8070
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceOUTLAW BEND BURN BAN
18 September 1997Debris and open burning4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
15 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServicePOLK 15:59
12 September 2012Power generation/transmission/distribution19 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 8083
10 September 2012Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 8079
25 August 2011Natural11 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 773
14 August 2011Natural1.0 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 707

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Liberty 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 Rye: 5 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Dolen No. 36 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSand
Lone Star Dolen Pit 36Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Rye Dredge & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Trinity River Dredge OperationSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerGravel, Sand
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerGravel, Sand

Every working recorded in Liberty 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
Marvels1.2 miles12
Milvid1.5 miles12
Hoop and Holler1.7 miles14
Big Thicket Creekmore Village1.7 miles12
Fuqua1.8 miles14
Romayor3.9 miles12
Clark4.2 miles12
Mason Lake Estates4.9 miles12

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 RyeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7384942The 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 1367062. 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.