BlockGandy, Texas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Burnet census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78611. It stands on Delaware Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mormon Mill quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 17 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
- 1932 USGS Bertram quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Mormon Mill quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Llano quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Llano quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
90 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 90 fires within 5 miles of Gandy between 2004 and 2020, burning about 1,103 acres in total. 1 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 | 61 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HOOVER VALLEY ASSIST |
| 27 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 25 September 2011 | Smoking | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 281/103 FIRE |
| 22 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SKYLINE CIRCLE |
| 11 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 8 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SUMMIT RIDGE |
| 8 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 470 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BURNET COUNTY COMPLEX |
| 30 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.5 acres | Balcones Canyon National Wildlife Refuge | PEACH FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Gandy: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Dolomite, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bilbrough Marble Dark Cedar Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Dow Quarry | Dolomite | Producer | Sedimentary |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burnet | 2.7 miles | 15 | |
| Sudduth | 4.3 miles | 19 | |
| Fairland | 5.9 miles | 19 | |
| Scobee | 6.7 miles | 19 | |
| Oatmeal | 7.4 miles | 17 | |
| Bertram | 9.5 miles | 17 | |
| Marble Falls | 9.9 miles | 19 | |
| Shady Grove | 10.6 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379822. 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.