BlockSpringtown, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Hamilton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76531. It lies near Owl Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Gentrys Mill quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 15 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.
- 1888 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Brownwood quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Gentrys Mill quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Hico quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Comanche quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
33 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Springtown between 2005 and 2020, burning about 656 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 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 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 15 August 2006 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ROCK RANCH FIRE |
| 26 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BOTTLINGER HAY FIRE |
| 18 July 2008 | Debris and open burning | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 12 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 610 FIRE |
| 8 June 2006 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 25 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LITTLE BEAR CREEK FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Springtown in 1 storm report in 1995: 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 1995 | Hail | Springtown | - | Numerous trees were blown down by high winds. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379104. 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.