BlockSpring Hill, Texas
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Dodd City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75492. It stands on Spring Branch. The Survey maps it on the Dodd City quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 6 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.
- 1954 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Bonham quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Dodd City quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
127 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 127 fires within 5 miles of Spring Hill between 2005 and 2020, burning about 3,388 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 7 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 burning | 58 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 36 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | N. 1743 FIRE |
| 16 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | US 82 |
| 14 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MUTUAL AIDE |
| 12 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HARRY HAMMET |
| 7 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | 45 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LANNIUS |
| 7 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 August 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODS FIRE ON 56 |
| 4 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lannius | 2.4 miles | 6 | |
| Pettigrew | 2.6 miles | 6 | |
| Windom | 3.1 miles | 12 | |
| Allens Chapel | 3.7 miles | 12 | |
| Burnett | 3.8 miles | 6 | |
| Dodd City | 4.1 miles | 6 | |
| Hilger | 4.7 miles | 6 | |
| Shady Grove | 5.5 miles | 6 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380588. 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.