Fairland, Texas
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Marble Falls census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78654. The Survey maps it on the Longhorn Cavern quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 19 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.
- 1887 USGS Burnet quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Burnet quadrangle1:125000
- 1903 USGS Burnet quadrangle1:125000
- 1909 USGS Burnet quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1929 USGS Marble Falls quadrangle1:62500
- 1932 USGS Marble Falls quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Longhorn Cavern quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Llano quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Llano quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
129 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 129 fires within 5 miles of Fairland between 2005 and 2020, burning about 719 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 3 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 | 75 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | ZURITA TRL |
| 6 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 19455 |
| 5 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 19452 |
| 29 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CHEMICAL LIME |
| 27 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 1980 |
| 26 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BINGHAM |
| 26 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | TOKIM RD |
| 23 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CEDAR TRAIL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 18 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Fairland: 15 producers, 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. 15 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Dimension, Bromine, Dolomite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dow Quarry | Dolomite | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Granite Mountain | Bromine | Producer | ||
| Slaughter Gap Area | Lead | Occurrence | ||
| Sunset Beige Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Producer | Granite | |
| Sunset Red Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Producer | Granite | |
| Bilbrough Marble Dark Cedar Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Bilbrough Marble Florence Creme Qy | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Bilbrough Marble Natural Red Qy | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Burnett Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Cactus Canyon Quarries Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scobee | 1.7 miles | 19 | |
| Sudduth | 2.0 miles | 19 | |
| Marble Falls | 4.6 miles | 19 | |
| Sherwood Shores | 5.3 miles | 19 | |
| Meadowlakes | 5.7 miles | 19 | |
| Gandy | 5.9 miles | 17 | |
| Highland Haven | 6.4 miles | 19 | |
| Cottonwood Shores | 6.4 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379745. 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.











