Woodland Heights, Texas
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Brownwood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76801. It stands on South Willis Creek. The Survey maps it on the Brownwood quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 20 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.
- 1889 USGS Brownwood quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Brownwood quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1925 USGS Brownwood 3-b quadrangle1:48000
- 1928 USGS Zephyr quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Zephyr quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Brownwood quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Brownwood quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Comanche quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1996 USGS Brownwood quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
79 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Woodland Heights between 2005 and 2020, burning about 6,054 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 38 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HUDSON |
| 25 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE279 |
| 10 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 4851 CR234 |
| 5 August 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BANGS HILL (7136) |
| 26 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 25 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 24 August 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 5150 HEALER LANE |
| 22 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 225 & CR 237 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Woodland Heights: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brownwood Pit Plant Texas Brick Co | Clay | Producer | ||
| Brownwood Quarry | Limestone, General | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| White's Mines Brownwood Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brownwood | 2.6 miles | 20 | |
| Ricker (historical) | 2.8 miles | 20 | |
| Bluff View | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Early | 4.5 miles | 20 | |
| Dalzell | 5.1 miles | 14 | |
| Tenmile Crossing | 5.2 miles | 20 | |
| Zephyr | 9.0 miles | 16 | |
| Delaware Junction | 9.1 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1350531. 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.








