BlockCrabapple, Texas
12 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. It stands on Land Creek. The Survey maps it on the Crabapple quadrangle. It stands 1,775 feet above sea level.
On record in Crabapple
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.
Crabapple Schoollisted 2005 · 0.3 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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
- 1967 USGS Crabapple quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Pedernales River quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
48 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Crabapple between 2002 and 2020, burning about 947 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 burning | 37 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 1 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 1 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 16 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 28 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 929 CAMPHOUSE ROAD |
| 13 August 2020 | Smoking | 70 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CAMP HOUSE |
| 9 July 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 July 2010 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FELLER |
| 5 July 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 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
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Crabapple: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cherry Mountain Mine | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eckert | 5.7 miles | 12 | |
| Cherry Mountain | 6.2 miles | 11 | |
| Hilltop | 7.6 miles | 11 | |
| Willow City | 7.8 miles | 12 | |
| Cherry Spring | 9.5 miles | 11 | |
| Fredericksburg | 11.7 miles | 12 | |
| Rocky Hill | 15.2 miles | 11 | |
| Doss | 15.5 miles | 11 |
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 Crabapple | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5180252 | 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 1379606. 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.