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Carl, Texas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Austin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78747. The Survey maps it on the Creedmoor quadrangle.

Carl within Travis County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

44 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Carl between 2002 and 2020, burning about 513 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined23
Debris and open burning7
Equipment and vehicle use4
Arson/incendiarism3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking2
Natural1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
7 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use52 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceESTANCIA
14 September 2006Equipment and vehicle use117 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMOORE RD FIRE
5 July 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service16062234
22 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service16067929
13 July 2011Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service11-0000897
11 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service16064106
26 June 2002Natural53 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHILL COUNTRY - 2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Travis County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Carl: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
South Austin PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerGravel, Sand
Unnamed QuarryLimestone, General, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducerLimestone

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
Creedmoor1.9 miles18
Turnersville2.2 miles18
Onion Creek2.4 miles18
Bluff Springs3.2 miles18
Colton3.7 miles20
Maha4.2 miles18
San Leanna4.2 miles18
Pilot Knob4.6 miles20

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 CarlAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q121832684The 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 2034681. 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.