Gainesville, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Llano South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78643. It lies near Moore Peak. The Survey maps it on the Cap Mountain quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 15 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 Llano quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Llano quadrangle1:125000
- 1904 USGS Llano quadrangle1:125000
- 1909 USGS Llano quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1918 USGS Llano quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Cap Mountain quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Llano quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Llano quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
39 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Gainesville between 2006 and 2020, burning about 2,017 acres in total. 2 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 | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | SLAB FIRE |
| 29 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 1 September 2019 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HILLSIDE GRASS FIRE |
| 1 September 2019 | Natural | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ORCHARD |
| 25 August 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 166 WOOD FOREST ROAD |
| 18 August 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 410 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | L BAR |
| 16 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1300 INDUSTRIAL BLVD. |
| 10 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WHITEHEAD FIRE (09-0085) |
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 Gainesville: 10 occurrences, 4 producers, 4 past producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Magnesite, REE, Feldspar. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bedford Prospect | Sulfur-Pyrite | Occurrence | ||
| Calcite Prospect | Calcium, Limestone, Ultra Pure | Occurrence | Residual | |
| Kiam Pegmatite Prospect | Molybdenum, Gold, Bismuth | Occurrence | ||
| Kiam Prospect | Bismuth, Molybdenum, Gold | Occurrence | Bismuthinite, Feldspar, Molybdenite, Muscovite | |
| Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Molybdenum Prospect | Molybdenum | Occurrence | Molybdenite | |
| Packsaddle Mountain Location | Tungsten | Occurrence | ||
| Riley Mountain Area | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Roberts Prospect | Arsenic | Occurrence | 1756 | |
| Williams Mine | REE, Fluorine-Fluorite | Past Producer | Allanite, Fluorite |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kingsland | 4.5 miles | 20 | |
| Lakeside Heights | 5.8 miles | 20 | |
| Buchanan Dam | 6.4 miles | 20 | |
| Stolz | 7.1 miles | 16 | |
| Sunrise Beach Village | 8.0 miles | 19 | |
| Click | 8.4 miles | 15 | |
| Golden Beach | 8.9 miles | 18 | |
| Lone Grove | 9.7 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379819. 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.










