Cain City, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Stonewall census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78624. The Survey maps it on the Cain City quadrangle. It stands 1,752 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1894 USGS Fredericksburg quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Cain City quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Pedernales River quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
173 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 173 fires within 5 miles of Cain City between 2004 and 2020, burning about 1,289 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 119 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 754 WOODLAND DR |
| 8 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 290 E CHAPARRAL RD |
| 8 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 87 S GRASS FIRE |
| 6 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1420 E MAIN ST |
| 4 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 3.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1991 JUNG LN |
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1286 PARADISE RANCH RD |
| 30 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Cain City: 4 producers, 1 past producer. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Dimension, Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doebblers Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Producer | Limestone | |
| Standard Gypsum Co. Plant | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer | ||
| Boenes Pits & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Weirch Bros Behrends Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Wunderlich Ready Mix Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cain City in 3 storm reports between 2015 and 2020: 2 hail, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2020 | Hail | Cain City | - | A thunderstorm produced half dollar size hail along Hwy 87 south of Fredericksburg. |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Cain City | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding closing Goehmann Ln. near Fredericksburg. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Cain City | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rocky Hill | 2.2 miles | 11 | |
| Luckenbach | 3.2 miles | 11 | |
| Grapetown | 3.4 miles | 11 | |
| Blumenthal | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Fredericksburg | 6.2 miles | 12 | |
| Stonewall | 8.3 miles | 13 | |
| Morris Ranch | 10.7 miles | 11 | |
| Albert | 11.2 miles | 13 |
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 Cain City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5017572 | 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 1378083. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.





