Rye, Texas

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It lies in ZIP code area 77807. It stands on Peach Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bryan West quadrangle.

Rye within Robertson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 10 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.

1954 USGS Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1956 USGS Bryan quadrangle1:62500
1962 USGS Bryan West quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1993 USGS Bryan quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

49 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Rye between 2002 and 2020, burning about 379 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	23
Debris and open burning	19
Equipment and vehicle use	6
Arson/incendiarism	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
6 August 2019	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	LEES CHAPEL PASTURES
6 August 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	LEES CHAPEL RD.
6 August 2015	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	OLD HEARNE RD
25 August 2018	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	GRASS
20 August 2014	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	14-0005039 OSR SANDY FIRE
19 August 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Texas A & M Forest Service	OLD HEARNE ROAD GRASS FIRE
15 August 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	10 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	17-5576 PLEASANT HILL FIRE
15 August 2017	Equipment and vehicle use	8.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	2251 PLEASANT HILL RD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Robertson County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Rye: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica. 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
	Gifford-Hill Saunders Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
	Unknown	Silica	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Robertson 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Benchley	2.1 miles	10
Mumford	4.0 miles	9
Astin	4.2 miles	9
Nicholas	6.6 miles	8
Sutton	6.7 miles	8
Tatsie	7.4 miles	8
Tatsie Crossing	7.9 miles	8
Dunns Fort	9.9 miles	7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380474. 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.