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Sulphur Springs, Texas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Laneville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75760. It stands on Wooten Creek. The Survey maps it on the Laneville quadrangle.

Sulphur Springs within Rusk County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 11 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

140 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 140 fires within 5 miles of Sulphur Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,316 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 5 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 burning92
Missing data/not specified/undetermined30
Arson/incendiarism5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Natural3
Smoking1
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
9 September 2013Natural73 acresTexas A & M Forest Service6303
8 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR3206
6 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceKURTIS SPRAYBEERY
4 September 2011Natural1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service3271 WEST
4 September 2005Debris and open burning40 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCONROE - 92
27 September 2014Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWILLIAMS
25 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution24 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 579
17 September 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBARKHALTER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rusk 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
Zion Grove1.8 miles11
Valley Grove2.6 miles11
Oak Flat3.5 miles11
Mount Enterprise4.7 miles11
Glenfawn5.0 miles11
Laneville6.0 miles11
Anadarko6.3 miles11
Freeneytown6.7 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379130. 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.