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Dunlap, Texas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Austin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78725. It stands on Decker Creek. The Survey maps it on the Webberville quadrangle.

Dunlap within Travis County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

26 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Dunlap between 1999 and 2016, burning about 246 acres in total. None 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/undetermined12
Debris and open burning8
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking1

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
8 September 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service71 HWY W
10 September 2013Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM973
28 August 2013Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM969
20 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined75 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSOUTH BRANCH - 28
12 August 2013Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceDECKER LAKE
10 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBLUE BLUFF
1 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
30 July 2009Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWEBBERWOOD WAY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Travis 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 Dunlap: 4 producers, 1 past producer. 4 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
Birdall PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerGravel, Sand
Shapard PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerGravel, Sand
Shapard PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Texas Industries Inc Hacket Pit 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Texas Industries Inc Hacket Pit 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Hornsby Bend1.3 miles18
Webberville2.6 miles18
Garfield4.2 miles18
Decker5.0 miles17
Smoot5.2 miles19
Del Valle5.7 miles20
Daffan6.1 miles19
Manor6.3 miles17

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 DunlapAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q121832663The 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 1378236. 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.