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Centex, Texas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the San Marcos census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78666. It stands on Sink Creek. The Survey maps it on the San Marcos North quadrangle.

Centex within Hays County

On record in Centex

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 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

33 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Centex between 2003 and 2018, burning about 1,283 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
Debris and open burning16
Equipment and vehicle use7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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
4 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWILLIAM PETUS/21
24 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresTexas A & M Forest ServicePOST ROAD
6 August 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
22 August 2018Debris and open burning6.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCOW TRAIL FIRE
7 July 2005Equipment and vehicle use10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCENTRAL TX - 15
20 June 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
10 June 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceSNAKE CREEK
9 May 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined100 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceRIVER ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hays County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Centex: 2 unknowns, 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
AcmeSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
CummingsSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Hughson PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Thompson Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Hays 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
San Marcos1.9 miles16
Kyle6.3 miles16
Mountain City9.4 miles18
Goforth10.5 miles18
Hays City10.8 miles18
Flatrock Ford11.7 miles18
Wimberley11.8 miles12
Pioneer Town11.8 miles12

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.

Wikidata item Q122569592The 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 1332557. 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.