Amanda, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Brackettville census division. The Survey maps it on the Mud Creek South quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1941 USGS Standart quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Standart quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Del Rio quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Del Rio quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Mud Creek South quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Del Rio quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Amanda in 2008, burning about 50 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 March 2008 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standart | 2.9 miles | 9 | |
| Pinto | 7.3 miles | 9 | |
| Fort Clark Springs | 13.3 miles | 11 | |
| Brackettville | 13.4 miles | 11 | |
| Alamo Village | 14.5 miles | 11 | |
| Spofford | 18.8 miles | 11 | |
| Anacacho | 22.7 miles | 11 | |
| Odlaw | 27.6 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380818. 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.





