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Rylie, Texas

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Northeast Dallas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75253. The Survey maps it on the Hutchins quadrangle.

Rylie within Dallas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 21 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

159 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 159 fires within 5 miles of Rylie between 2005 and 2018, burning about 194 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined135
Equipment and vehicle use10
Smoking4
Arson/incendiarism3
Debris and open burning3
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
7 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service2100 ECHO LAKE
6 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceOLD
5 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceN JIM
3 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceDOWDY
3 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceCANTURA
29 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceROYCE DR
29 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceLASATER
28 September 2016Smokingunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceS JIM MILLER / GREAT TRINITY FOREST WAY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dallas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Rylie: 12 producers, 4 past producers, 1 prospect. 12 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
AbandonedSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Beckett Road Pit No. 530Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bob Meals Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dowdy Ferry PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Fred Wray Sand and Gravel OperaionSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gifford Hill Simonds Rd PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hilco PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Jones PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Keller PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
L and W Sand & Gravel OperationSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Dallas 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
Kleberg1.8 miles19
Balch Springs2.7 miles19
Bobwyn3.3 miles19
Lawson3.9 miles19
Hutchins4.9 miles21
Mesquite5.6 miles20
Seagoville6.3 miles19
Fruitdale7.1 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378999. 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.