Cedar Shores, Texas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Meridian census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76671. It sits by Bee Bluff. The Survey maps it on the Allen Bend quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1892 USGS Waco quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1920 USGS Waco quadrangle1:125000
- 1924 USGS Waco 2-b quadrangle1:48000
- 1931 USGS Whitney quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Allen Bend quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Waco quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
61 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of Cedar Shores between 2005 and 2020, burning about 808 acres in total. 2 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 | 28 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 60 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | KV RANCH FIRE |
| 21 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 2 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 23 |
| 16 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 75 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FLAG FIRE |
| 8 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR1105-2 |
| 3 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | EASY LANE |
| 3 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 4916 |
| 3 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 1408 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakewood Harbor | 2.4 miles | 16 | |
| Laguna Park | 6.2 miles | 15 | |
| Lakeside Village | 6.6 miles | 18 | |
| Womack | 7.3 miles | 15 | |
| Kopperl | 9.9 miles | 17 | |
| Bosque | 10.2 miles | 12 | |
| Smiths Bend | 10.3 miles | 16 | |
| Morgan | 10.6 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2034665. 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.







