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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.

Gainesville within Llano County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 15 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

39 since 2006

Regional 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 burning13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Equipment and vehicle use10
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Arson/incendiarism2
Natural2

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
6 September 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceSLAB FIRE
29 September 2006Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
1 September 2019Natural2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHILLSIDE GRASS FIRE
1 September 2019Natural50 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceORCHARD
25 August 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service166 WOOD FOREST ROAD
18 August 2015Equipment and vehicle use410 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceL BAR
16 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service1300 INDUSTRIAL BLVD.
10 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWHITEHEAD FIRE (09-0085)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Llano 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 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bedford ProspectSulfur-PyriteOccurrence
Calcite ProspectCalcium, Limestone, Ultra PureOccurrenceResidual
Kiam Pegmatite ProspectMolybdenum, Gold, BismuthOccurrence
Kiam ProspectBismuth, Molybdenum, GoldOccurrenceBismuthinite, Feldspar, Molybdenite, Muscovite
Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Molybdenum ProspectMolybdenumOccurrenceMolybdenite
Packsaddle Mountain LocationTungstenOccurrence
Riley Mountain AreaIronOccurrence
Roberts ProspectArsenicOccurrence1756
Williams MineREE, Fluorine-FluoritePast ProducerAllanite, Fluorite

Every working recorded in Llano 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
Kingsland4.5 miles20
Lakeside Heights5.8 miles20
Buchanan Dam6.4 miles20
Stolz7.1 miles16
Sunrise Beach Village8.0 miles19
Click8.4 miles15
Golden Beach8.9 miles18
Lone Grove9.7 miles16

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.