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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.

Fairland within Burnet County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 19 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

129 since 2005

Regional 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 burning75
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Equipment and vehicle use14
Smoking5
Arson/incendiarism3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Natural2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
7 September 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceZURITA TRL
6 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service19455
5 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service19452
29 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCHEMICAL LIME
27 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM 1980
26 September 2013Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBINGHAM
26 September 2011Naturalunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceTOKIM RD
23 September 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCEDAR TRAIL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Burnet County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Dow QuarryDolomiteProducerSedimentary
Granite MountainBromineProducer
Slaughter Gap AreaLeadOccurrence
Sunset Beige QuarryStone, DimensionProducerGranite
Sunset Red QuarryStone, DimensionProducerGranite
Bilbrough Marble Dark Cedar QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Bilbrough Marble Florence Creme QyStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Bilbrough Marble Natural Red QyStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Burnett PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Cactus Canyon Quarries PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Burnet 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
Scobee1.7 miles19
Sudduth2.0 miles19
Marble Falls4.6 miles19
Sherwood Shores5.3 miles19
Meadowlakes5.7 miles19
Gandy5.9 miles17
Highland Haven6.4 miles19
Cottonwood Shores6.4 miles19

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.