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South Hanlon, Texas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Breckenridge North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76424. It stands on Hitson Branch. The Survey maps it on the Buck Mountain quadrangle.

South Hanlon within Stephens County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 14 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

198 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 198 fires within 5 miles of South Hanlon between 2006 and 2020, burning about 6,313 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 10 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/undetermined79
Power generation/transmission/distribution42
Equipment and vehicle use36
Debris and open burning15
Arson/incendiarism10
Smoking5
Natural5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Recreation and ceremony2

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
8 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service2020 W. WALKER FIRE
7 September 2015Smokingunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
4 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceAG FIRE
27 September 2013Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceMCCARTHEY FIRE
25 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service1173 HIGHWAY 183S
20 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 241
19 September 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceDAVID
18 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use8.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBASA FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Stephens County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of South Hanlon: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Zack Burkett New Plant and QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Zack Burkett Woodruff QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Stephens 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
Breckenridge2.3 miles14
Necessity7.7 miles12
Eolian8.4 miles13
Wayland8.6 miles13
Harpersville9.3 miles13
Mankins Mill10.9 miles13
Frankell11.1 miles13
Caddo11.1 miles13

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 Q122547558The 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 1379093. 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.