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Scotts Crossing, Texas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Llano North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78643. It stands on Hickory Creek. The Survey maps it on the Scotts Crossing quadrangle.

Scotts Crossing within Llano County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 15 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

26 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Scotts Crossing between 2005 and 2020, burning about 922 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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
Debris and open burning9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Equipment and vehicle use5
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking1
Other causes1

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
26 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCEDAR MOUNTAIN
8 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined120 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBAUERVILLE RD
9 July 2019Other causes1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 107 RECALL
23 July 2016Equipment and vehicle use10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSCHNEIDER FIRE
13 July 2016Debris and open burning20 acresTexas A & M Forest Service403 X 3
11 July 2016Power generation/transmission/distribution100 acresTexas A & M Forest Service403 FIRE
11 July 2016Power generation/transmission/distribution75 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceOTTO LOOP (LLANO)
6 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR2323

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Llano 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 Scotts Crossing: 3 occurrences, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Copper, Manganese, Copper, Gold, Silver. 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
Adolph Sneider PlaceCopper, Gold, SilverOccurrence
Bader ProspectManganeseOccurrence
Schneider ProspectCopperOccurrenceChalcocite, Chalcopyrite
Texas Arch Aggregates Limestone QyStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
UnknownGranitePast Producer

Every working recorded in Llano 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
Llano7.7 miles17
Castell7.8 miles16
Valley Spring9.0 miles18
Oxford10.3 miles16
Prairie Mountain12.1 miles15
Field Creek13.8 miles17
Lone Grove13.9 miles16
Baby Head (historical)13.9 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380506. 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.