Cypress Creek, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Kerrville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78028. It lies near Lazy Valley. The Survey maps it on the Cypress Creek quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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
- 1964 USGS Cypress Creek quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Pedernales River quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
37 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Cypress Creek between 2006 and 2020, burning about 279 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CYPRESS CREEK |
| 4 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 100 BLK OF SCHLADOER |
| 3 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | STEELER RANCH |
| 28 September 2011 | Natural | 23 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FALTINE RANCH FIRE |
| 27 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 17 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 519 MM EB IH10 |
| 1 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 87 FIRE/SEMI TIRE |
| 29 August 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 230 SOUTH FORK |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shady Grove | 5.9 miles | 9 | |
| Center Point | 6.0 miles | 9 | |
| Guadalupe Heights | 6.7 miles | 9 | |
| Legion | 7.4 miles | 12 | |
| Kerrville | 8.9 miles | 13 | |
| Mount Wesley | 10.4 miles | 13 | |
| Camp Verde | 10.9 miles | 9 | |
| Ingram | 14.6 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378197. 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.





