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Steele Hill, Texas

6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Spur census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79370. It lies near Steele Hills. The Survey maps it on the Spur quadrangle.

Steele Hill within Dickens County

Topographic sheets covering this place

3 surveys from 6 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

37 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Steele Hill between 2001 and 2020, burning about 4,051 acres in total. 7 started naturally. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Equipment and vehicle use8
Natural7
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Debris and open burning4

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
6 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceJIM BOB HORN
3 September 2015Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFRED
2 September 2017Natural2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGREG ARNOLD
8 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceYEAKLEY
7 August 2016Natural50 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceDR. CAVE
3 August 2011Equipment and vehicle use25 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBUTLER
27 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSOUTHWEST OF STILL HILL CHURCH OFF HWY 208
27 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSTEELE HILL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dickens 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
Spur4.1 miles6
Dockum4.2 miles6
Gilpin4.4 miles6
Soldiers Mound (historical)5.8 miles8
Red Mud11.3 miles6
Dickens12.4 miles8
Croton16.0 miles8
Elton18.0 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380600. 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.