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Sardis, Texas

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Hughes Springs-Avinger census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75656. It stands on Mill Branch. The Survey maps it on the Sardis quadrangle.

Sardis within Cass County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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.

Fires near this place

177 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 177 fires within 5 miles of Sardis between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,406 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 23 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
Debris and open burning92
Missing data/not specified/undetermined25
Arson/incendiarism23
Natural13
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Equipment and vehicle use8
Smoking4
Other causes2
Recreation and ceremony1
Fireworks1

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
5 September 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
4 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 357
30 September 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2017063
30 September 2010Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2010086
30 September 1993Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
23 September 2002Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 198
22 September 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2013059
22 September 2012Debris and open burning10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 6254

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cass County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Sardis: 8 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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
Chambers-HughesIronOccurrence
Chambers-Hughes DepositIronOccurrenceGoethite, Hematite, Siderite
Concord School DepositIronOccurrenceGoethite, Hematite, Siderite
Ed WestIronOccurrence
Goodson-Prewitts LakeIronOccurrence
Goodson-Prewitts Lake DepositsIronOccurrenceGoethite, Hematite, Siderite
Norwood HillIronOccurrence
Norwood Hill DepositIronOccurrenceGoethite, Hematite

Every working recorded in Cass 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
Patman3.8 miles12
Pruitt Lake4.2 miles12
Love4.3 miles12
Hughes Springs4.8 miles12
Carterville5.7 miles10
Bear Creek7.1 miles11
Avinger7.3 miles12
Caves Spring8.0 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379036. 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.