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Wood Springs, Texas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Lindale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75706. The Survey maps it on the Mount Sylvan quadrangle. It stands 466 feet above sea level.

Wood Springs within Smith County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

173 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 173 fires within 5 miles of Wood Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 992 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 8 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 burning116
Missing data/not specified/undetermined32
Arson/incendiarism8
Equipment and vehicle use6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Natural1
Smoking1

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
8 September 1998Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
8 September 1992Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
6 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS/WOODS
5 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
4 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service46 CURVE FIRE
4 September 1995Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
28 September 1995Arson/incendiarism10 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
28 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Smith 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 Wood Springs: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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
Lindale PitsFire Clay (Refractory)ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Smith 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
Thedford0.8 miles15
Lindale2.8 miles13
Hide-A-Way Lake2.9 miles15
Hideaway3.0 miles15
Swan3.4 miles15
Mount Sylvan3.6 miles15
New Harmony5.3 miles15
Carroll6.1 miles13

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 Wood SpringsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q22076618The 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 1379291. 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.