BlockSixteen Mile Crossing, Texas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the East Tom Green census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76861. It stands on Willow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Miles quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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 Hayrick quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Hayrick quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS San Angelo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Miles quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS San Angelo quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS San Angelo quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Miles quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Robert Lee quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
31 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Sixteen Mile Crossing between 2005 and 2020, burning about 465 acres in total. 2 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 | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CHANDLER & DOUGLAS LOOP |
| 27 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 20 August 2006 | Smoking | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 9 July 2012 | Natural | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MULLINS CROSSING |
| 9 July 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MC MILLAN ROAD & FM1692 NORTH |
| 9 July 2005 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 July 2005 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE W FM 1692 |
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 Sixteen Mile Crossing: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willow Creek-1 | Copper | Occurrence | 1972 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seventeen Mile Crossing | 0.8 miles | 14 | |
| Mullins Crossing | 2.2 miles | 14 | |
| Mereta | 6.2 miles | 11 | |
| Veribest | 6.2 miles | 13 | |
| Kiesling | 6.4 miles | 15 | |
| Harriet | 7.4 miles | 15 | |
| Sixmile Crossing | 10.0 miles | 13 | |
| Orient | 11.3 miles | 15 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122540548 | 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 1380550. 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.