BlockSpring Hill, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Dawson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76639. It stands on Treadwell Branch. The Survey maps it on the Dawson quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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 Waco quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Dawson quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Mexia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
144 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 144 fires within 5 miles of Spring Hill between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,639 acres in total. None started naturally. 11 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 | 70 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 33 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | REKINDLE COUNTY LINE FIRE |
| 4 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 350 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COUTNY LINE RD |
| 30 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 3 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | NAVARRO MILLS DAM FIRE |
| 28 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE-MUTUAL AID |
| 28 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 26 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | UNKNOWN |
| 26 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2025Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Spring Hill in 1 storm report in 2025: 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Hail | Spring Hill | - | Emergency manager reported nickel sized hail north of Dawson. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Navarro Mills | 2.1 miles | 7 | |
| Dawson | 2.9 miles | 7 | |
| Silver City | 4.5 miles | 7 | |
| Brushie Prairie | 4.7 miles | 8 | |
| Purdon | 5.0 miles | 7 | |
| Raleigh | 5.1 miles | 8 | |
| Pelham | 5.3 miles | 8 | |
| Emmett | 5.6 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379100. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.