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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.

Woodland Heights within Brown County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 20 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

79 since 2005

Regional 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/undetermined38
Debris and open burning16
Equipment and vehicle use13
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Smoking2
Natural2
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
3 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceHUDSON
25 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE279
10 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service4851 CR234
5 August 2014Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBANGS HILL (7136)
26 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
25 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
24 August 2015Power generation/transmission/distribution8.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service5150 HEALER LANE
22 August 2010Debris and open burning50 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 225 & CR 237

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Brown County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Brownwood Pit Plant Texas Brick CoClayProducer
Brownwood QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerSedimentary
White's Mines Brownwood QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Brown 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
Brownwood2.6 miles20
Ricker (historical)2.8 miles20
Bluff View3.7 miles14
Early4.5 miles20
Dalzell5.1 miles14
Tenmile Crossing5.2 miles20
Zephyr9.0 miles16
Delaware Junction9.1 miles14

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.