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Spring Hill, Texas

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Pittsburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75686. It stands on Dry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Harvard quadrangle.

Spring Hill within Camp County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

398 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 398 fires within 5 miles of Spring Hill between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,330 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 15 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 burning270
Missing data/not specified/undetermined57
Equipment and vehicle use23
Arson/incendiarism15
Power generation/transmission/distribution12
Railroad operations and maintenance9
Natural6
Smoking4
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
9 September 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service6302
9 September 1998Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
8 September 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service4114
8 September 2017Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service1085 FM 1520
8 September 2013Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service1140
5 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service271 SOUTH
5 September 2016Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 4114
5 September 2005Debris and open burning30 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 341

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Camp County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Spring Hill: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silica. 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
UnknownSilicaPast Producer

Every working recorded in Camp 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
Pecan Heights2.3 miles8
Ebenezer2.7 miles12
Pittsburg3.6 miles12
Macedonia4.7 miles8
Center Point4.8 miles12
Harvard5.1 miles8
Crossroads6.2 miles12
Rocky Mound6.5 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379101. 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.