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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 15 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.
- 1887 USGS Llano quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Llano quadrangle1:125000
- 1904 USGS Llano quadrangle1:125000
- 1909 USGS Llano quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1918 USGS Llano quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Scotts Crossing quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Llano quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Llano quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
26 since 2005Regional 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 burning | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CEDAR MOUNTAIN |
| 8 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 120 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BAUERVILLE RD |
| 9 July 2019 | Other causes | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 107 RECALL |
| 23 July 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SCHNEIDER FIRE |
| 13 July 2016 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 403 X 3 |
| 11 July 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 403 FIRE |
| 11 July 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 75 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | OTTO LOOP (LLANO) |
| 6 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR2323 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adolph Sneider Place | Copper, Gold, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Bader Prospect | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Schneider Prospect | Copper | Occurrence | Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite | |
| Texas Arch Aggregates Limestone Qy | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Granite | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Llano | 7.7 miles | 17 | |
| Castell | 7.8 miles | 16 | |
| Valley Spring | 9.0 miles | 18 | |
| Oxford | 10.3 miles | 16 | |
| Prairie Mountain | 12.1 miles | 15 | |
| Field Creek | 13.8 miles | 17 | |
| Lone Grove | 13.9 miles | 16 | |
| Baby Head (historical) | 13.9 miles | 17 |
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.










