BlockBefore

Stephens Crossing, Texas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Weatherford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76462. It sits by Stephens Bluff. The Survey maps it on the Dennis quadrangle.

Stephens Crossing within Parker County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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

79 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Stephens Crossing between 2005 and 2020, burning about 2,492 acres in total. 1 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 burning30
Missing data/not specified/undetermined28
Equipment and vehicle use10
Smoking8
Natural1
Arson/incendiarism1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
18 September 2017Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBOWDEN
9 August 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
7 August 2006Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
6 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
6 August 2008Debris and open burning3.5 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
16 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceDENNIS ROAD
9 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service1200 TIDWELL ROAD
9 July 2009Smoking1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2283 - 351 LAZY BEND

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Parker County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Stephens Crossing: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Texoline QuarrySand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Abandoned PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Industrial QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Parker 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
Maxwell Crossing1.5 miles18
Dennis2.0 miles18
Powell Crossing3.1 miles18
Buckner3.8 miles18
Brock4.2 miles18
Brock Junction5.8 miles18
Western Lake8.1 miles20
Tin Top8.2 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379111. 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.