Wolf Creek, Texas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Coldspring census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77331. It stands on Wolf Creek. The Survey maps it on the Stephen Creek quadrangle.

Wolf Creek within San Jacinto County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 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.

1954 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Stephen Creek quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1984 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1985 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1997 USGS Stephen Creek quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

41 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Wolf Creek between 1992 and 2019, burning about 222 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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	22
Arson/incendiarism	9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Recreation and ceremony	2
Smoking	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
6 September 2019	Debris and open burning	14 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	SAN JACINTO 16:51
12 September 2012	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Livingston Area	LIVINGSTON-8084
10 September 2011	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Livingston Area	LIVINGSTON - 886
29 August 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	not named
20 August 2001	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	CONROE - 55
20 August 1997	Equipment and vehicle use	2.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	not named
18 August 2001	Arson/incendiarism	45 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	CONROE - 45
16 August 2001	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	CONROE - 41

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Jacinto County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Wolf Creek: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in San Jacinto 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Coldspring	3.7 miles	13
Stephen Creek	3.9 miles	13
Willow Springs	4.5 miles	13
Laurel Hill	4.8 miles	13
Rose Hill	5.1 miles	14
Camilla	5.5 miles	14
Spring Hill	5.8 miles	13
Snow Hill	5.9 miles	13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380942. 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.