Astin, Texas

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Hearne census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77867. The Survey maps it on the Mumford quadrangle.

Astin within Robertson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 9 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.

1954 USGS Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1956 USGS Caldwell quadrangle1:62500
1961 USGS Mumford quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1993 USGS Bryan quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

20 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Astin between 2002 and 2020, burning about 261 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	10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	7
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Smoking	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
27 September 2012	Equipment and vehicle use	3.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	SMITH HAY FIRE FM1362N
26 September 2002	Smoking	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	CENTRAL TX - 42
28 August 2018	Debris and open burning	15 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	GRASS FIRE
20 August 2014	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	14-0005039 OSR SANDY FIRE
19 August 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Texas A & M Forest Service	8192019
14 August 2018	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	8.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	8142018
16 June 2018	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	6162018
9 May 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	150 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	DILLY SHAW FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Robertson 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 Astin: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Gifford-Hill Saunders Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Robertson 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Mumford	1.9 miles	9
Rye	4.2 miles	10
Nicholas	5.5 miles	8
Benchley	6.3 miles	10
Tatsie	6.3 miles	8
Tatsie Crossing	6.9 miles	8
Sutton	8.1 miles	8
Valley Junction	10.1 miles	7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1351316. 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.