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Willow Creek, Texas

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Franklin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77856. It stands on Pin Oak Creek. The Survey maps it on the Oletha quadrangle.

Willow Creek within Robertson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 7 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

67 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Willow Creek between 1996 and 2020, burning about 1,540 acres in total. 4 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/undetermined18
Equipment and vehicle use12
Natural4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
6 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceNEYLAND
6 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSEALE FIELD
3 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFIRE
11 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresTexas A & M Forest Service91120152
24 August 2015Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceJARVIS
24 August 2011Natural2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMINE LIGHTNING
24 August 2008Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
23 August 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMINE TRUCK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Robertson County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Willow Creek: 5 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Kaolin, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Kaolin, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Dresser Indust Mineral PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, Construction, KaolinProducerSedimentary
General Portland Clay PitKaolinProducer
Universal Atlas PitKaolinProducer
Unnamed PitKaolinProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Robertson 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
Headsville3.6 miles7
Seale3.8 miles8
Round Prairie3.9 miles8
Bald Prairie4.3 miles10
White Rock7.8 miles7
Petteway8.8 miles7
Ridge11.5 miles11
Easterly12.8 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380786. 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.