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Bluff Springs, Texas

18 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 78744. It stands on Slaughter Creek. The Survey maps it on the Oak Hill quadrangle.

Bluff Springs within Travis County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

85 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Bluff Springs between 2001 and 2019, burning about 305 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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/undetermined52
Smoking10
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Debris and open burning7
Equipment and vehicle use3
Arson/incendiarism3
Recreation and ceremony1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
9 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
7 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use52 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceESTANCIA
3 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
28 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
13 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
12 September 2006Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
31 August 2006Missing 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

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Bluff Springs: 5 producers, 2 past producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General. 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
Booth QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
South Austin PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerGravel, Sand
Unnamed QuarryLimestone, General, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducerLimestone
Unnamed QuarryLimestone, General, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducerLimestone
Dean Word Company Abandoned PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Dean Word Company OperationStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Lawson Booth Abandoned PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

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
Onion Creek1.7 miles18
Pleasant Hill2.3 miles18
San Leanna2.7 miles18
Carl3.2 miles18
Ford Oaks3.5 miles18
Manchaca3.6 miles18
Colton3.8 miles20
Tanglewood Forest3.9 miles18

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 Bluff SpringsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4930671The 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 1372646. 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.