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Sunrise Shores, Texas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the LaRue-Poynor census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75758. It stands on Flat Creek. The Survey maps it on the Moore Station quadrangle.

Sunrise Shores within Henderson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

213 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 213 fires within 5 miles of Sunrise Shores between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,670 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 14 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 burning119
Missing data/not specified/undetermined55
Arson/incendiarism14
Equipment and vehicle use8
Smoking8
Natural4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
7 September 1999Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
5 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
4 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 099
30 September 2006Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 578
3 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceBIG TIMBER AND OLD CAMBELL
3 September 2006Debris and open burning25 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 521
3 September 1995Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
26 September 2014Debris and open burning20 acresTexas A & M Forest Service#7052

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Henderson 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 Sunrise Shores: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Halite, Limestone, General, Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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
Brooks Salt DomeHalite, Limestone, General, Gypsum-AnhydritePast Producer1865
Texas Iron PitIronProducer
Unnamed MineIronProducerGoethite, Hematite

Every working recorded in Henderson 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
Moore Station3.2 miles15
Antioch4.5 miles15
Coffee City4.7 miles15
Fincastle4.9 miles15
New Hope6.6 miles13
Berryville6.8 miles15
Leagueville8.5 miles15
Evelyn8.6 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2805790. 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.