BlockBulverde East, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Canyon Lake census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78163. It stands on Dripping Springs Creek. The Survey maps it on the Anhalt quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
On record in Bulverde East
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Kappelmann-Mayer Ranchlisted 2020 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1920 USGS Smithsons Valley quadrangle1:62500
- 1927 USGS Smithson Valley quadrangle1:62500
- 1929 USGS Smithson Valley quadrangle1:62500
- 1940 USGS Smithson Valley quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Anhalt quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS New Braunfels quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS New Braunfels quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
72 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Bulverde East (historical) between 2005 and 2011, burning about 85 acres in total. None 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/undetermined | 29 |
| Debris and open burning | 21 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 18 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 09-0091993 |
| 8 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SMITHSON VALLEY FIRE |
| 7 August 2010 | Smoking | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | BULVERDE CROSSING |
| 24 August 2010 | Smoking | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 46 |
| 23 August 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HIGH RIDGE |
| 14 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | LONGHORN TRAIL |
| 11 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bulverde South (historical) | 3.0 miles | 15 | |
| Bulverde | 3.4 miles | 11 | |
| Smithson Valley | 5.0 miles | 15 | |
| Anhalt | 5.3 miles | 15 | |
| Valley View | 6.3 miles | 15 | |
| Honey Creek | 6.8 miles | 10 | |
| Bulverde West (historical) | 7.2 miles | 10 | |
| Oak Cliff Acres | 7.4 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1802687. 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.