Sanctuary, Texas
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Springtown-Reno census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76020. The Survey maps it on the Azle quadrangle. 337 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 768 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresSanctuary grew from 256 to 337 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 256 | |
| 2010 | 329 | +73 (+29%) |
| 2020 | 337 | +8 (+2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 20 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.
- 1891 USGS Weatherford quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Weatherford quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1932 USGS Springtown quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Azle quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1958 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Fort Worth quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
125 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 125 fires within 5 miles of Sanctuary between 2005 and 2014, burning about 680 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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/undetermined | 81 |
| Debris and open burning | 29 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1100 OLD RENO RD |
| 2 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 7633 VEAL STATION RD |
| 2 September 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 261 EDWARDS FARRIS ROAD |
| 15 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1490 REESE LN |
| 14 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1811 HIGHLAND CIR |
| 1 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2195 FLAT ROCK RD |
| 30 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | VEAL STATION AND FM 730 |
| 30 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GILLEY ROAD AND NEWSOME MOUND |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Sanctuary: 1 producer. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Williams Sand and Gravel Operation | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Junta | 1.1 miles | 20 | |
| Sabathany | 1.5 miles | 20 | |
| Reno | 2.5 miles | 20 | |
| Highland Addition | 3.1 miles | 18 | |
| Springtown | 6.6 miles | 18 | |
| Carter | 8.3 miles | 18 | |
| Wright | 8.9 miles | 16 | |
| Dicey | 9.3 miles | 16 |
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 Sanctuary | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q981497 | 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 1388545. 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.






