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Abercrombie, Texas

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Austin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78757. The Survey maps it on the Austin East quadrangle.

Abercrombie within Travis County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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

82 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 82 fires within 5 miles of Abercrombie between 2005 and 2017, burning about 88 acres in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined42
Smoking31
Debris and open burning6
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
9 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
20 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
2 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
1 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
9 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
31 August 2006Smoking1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
27 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceBASIN LEDGE FIRE
27 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Travis 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 Abercrombie: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Pit & Plant No.4Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Travis 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
Eubank Acres3.9 miles17
Walnut Forest4.2 miles17
Greenshores4.9 miles25
West Lake Hills4.9 miles25
Coxville5.0 miles17
Austin5.0 miles19
Daffan5.4 miles19
Pershing5.5 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1329169. 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.