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Virginia Hill, Texas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Athens census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75752. The Survey maps it on the Athens quadrangle. It stands 456 feet above sea level.

Virginia Hill within Henderson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

111 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 111 fires within 5 miles of Virginia Hill between 1992 and 2018, burning about 1,174 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 4 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 burning59
Missing data/not specified/undetermined30
Equipment and vehicle use6
Arson/incendiarism4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Natural3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
27 September 2014Debris and open burning60 acresTexas A & M Forest Service0927141 TREE FARM & GRASS FIRE
25 September 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWAVERLY WAY
25 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service3 MILE HILL
24 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service0924142 GRASS FIRE
21 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service0921141 GRASS FIRE
14 September 2017Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service0914173 PASTURE & HALE BALER FIRE W/ SOUTHSIDE
10 September 2014Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service0910141 GRASS FIRE
9 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Henderson County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Virginia Hill: 4 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
Texas Clay No. 2 PitFire Clay (Refractory)ProducerSedimentary
Athens PitClayProducerSedimentary
Athens Pit 1ClayProducer
Texas Clay Pit 2ClayPast Producer
UnknownClayPast Producer
UnknownClayPast Producer
UnknownClayPast Producer

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
Pine Grove1.2 miles16
Baxter4.5 miles15
Shady Oaks4.6 miles15
Athens5.7 miles16
Dauphin6.7 miles15
LaRue7.6 miles15
Crescent Heights7.8 miles15
New York8.3 miles15

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on Virginia HillAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q22076608The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1889896. 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.