Baby Head, Texas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Llano North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78643. It lies near Babyhead Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Cherokee quadrangle. It stands 1,375 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 17 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.
- 1887 USGS Llano quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Llano quadrangle1:125000
- 1904 USGS Llano quadrangle1:125000
- 1909 USGS Llano quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1918 USGS Llano quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Cherokee quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Cherokee quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Llano quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Llano quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
11 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Baby Head (historical) between 2008 and 2020, burning about 2,550 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 422 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LOCKHART MOUNTAIN |
| 16 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COUNTY ROAD 216 BRUSH FIRE |
| 20 July 2015 | Debris and open burning | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PARISHER |
| 4 May 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 414 |
| 16 May 2008 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 22 April 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CEDER POSTS |
| 21 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FREEMAN FIRE |
| 7 February 2009 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GAS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Baby Head (historical): 6 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Vermiculite, Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Granite Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Granite | |
| Mayes Pasture | Copper, Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Goodwin Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Llano Pit & Plant | Vermiculite | Producer | ||
| Parkhill Ranch | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Vermiculite Occurrence | Vermiculite | Occurrence | Residual | |
| Griffy Mn Prospect | Manganese | Occurrence | Stratabound | |
| Horse Mountain | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Horse Mountain Prospect | Manganese | Prospect | 1910 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lone Grove | 6.6 miles | 16 | |
| Valley Spring | 8.9 miles | 18 | |
| Llano | 9.0 miles | 17 | |
| Stolz | 9.2 miles | 16 | |
| Tow | 9.6 miles | 18 | |
| Bluffton | 9.8 miles | 18 | |
| Buchanan Lake Village | 11.1 miles | 18 | |
| Golden Beach | 11.4 miles | 18 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Baby Head (historical) | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4838301 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1351376. 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.











