BlockWild Hurst, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Wells census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75925. The Survey maps it on the Forest quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1946 USGS Alto quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Forest quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
210 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 210 fires within 5 miles of Wild Hurst between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,031 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 16 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 burning | 115 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 49 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JOHN COLLINS |
| 8 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PORTFIELD TIMBER 2 |
| 8 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | KOA CAMP GROUND |
| 8 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | STANLEY GRESHAM |
| 7 September 2015 | Smoking | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE MEDIAN |
| 7 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 7124 |
| 30 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CURVE FIRE |
| 3 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | TRASH FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Wild Hurst: 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Bentonite, Silica. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Durham & Polk | Bentonite | Unknown | ||
| Padreco-Alto Sands | Silica | Unknown |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forest | 0.6 miles | 10 | |
| Sweet Union | 2.5 miles | 12 | |
| Cross Roads | 2.6 miles | 11 | |
| Brunswick | 4.6 miles | 10 | |
| Wells | 4.8 miles | 12 | |
| Morrill | 5.4 miles | 10 | |
| Weeping Mary | 9.0 miles | 12 | |
| Alto | 9.2 miles | 10 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122547746 | The 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 1382963. 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.