BlockWillow Springs, Texas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Emory census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75440. It stands on Bear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Emory South quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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.
- 1956 USGS Emory quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1980 USGS Emory South quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Mineola quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Mineola quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
22 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Willow Springs between 2005 and 2020, burning about 515 acres in total. 2 started naturally. None 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 burning | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2010 | Natural | 35 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 173 |
| 5 August 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 17 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6150 |
| 5 August 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ASSIST WILDLAND FIRE |
| 26 August 2011 | Natural | 133 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ROBISON FIRE |
| 18 July 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 14 July 2009 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 19 |
| 6 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | 18 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 06062012B |
| 3 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rocky Point Center | 2.7 miles | 14 | |
| Dunbar | 2.7 miles | 14 | |
| Ginger | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| Bellview | 3.7 miles | 15 | |
| Emory | 4.1 miles | 14 | |
| Colony | 4.1 miles | 15 | |
| Bright Star | 4.2 miles | 15 | |
| Smyrna | 4.4 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380940. 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.