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Barbarosa, Texas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Seguin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78130. It lies near Harborth Hill. The Survey maps it on the New Braunfels East quadrangle.

Barbarosa within Guadalupe County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

88 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of Barbarosa between 2005 and 2020, burning about 694 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 were 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/undetermined41
Debris and open burning21
Equipment and vehicle use17
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony1
Natural1
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 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service1101 FIRE
8 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service4700 IH 35 N
21 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service4817 IH 35 FIRE
19 August 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service622 S KOWALD LN FIRE
19 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceSAUR, 14-5472
19 August 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceNOV-86
16 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service1000 KOHLENBERG
15 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSOECHTING, 14-5362

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Guadalupe 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 Barbarosa: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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
Unnamed PitClayProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Guadalupe 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
Geronimo3.3 miles15
Clear Springs3.5 miles14
Lake Dunlap4.1 miles14
Camp Willow4.3 miles14
Zorn4.6 miles13
Galle5.4 miles15
Schumannsville5.5 miles14
Lauback6.0 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1330020. 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.