BlockGuadalupe Heights, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Kerrville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78028. It stands on Third Creek. The Survey maps it on the Center Point quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1954 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Center Point quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Center Point quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Bandera quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
27 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Guadalupe Heights between 2000 and 2019, burning about 1,405 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 was 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 | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,200 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HORIZON |
| 28 September 2011 | Natural | 23 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FALTINE RANCH FIRE |
| 20 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 17 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 600 BLOCK RIVER ROAD EAST |
| 22 April 2009 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FRIAR TUCK |
| 2 April 2009 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | PEGGY STREET |
| 7 March 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HARVILLE |
| 26 March 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HERMELER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Guadalupe Heights: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shady Grove | 1.6 miles | 9 | |
| Legion | 2.0 miles | 12 | |
| Kerrville | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Center Point | 4.9 miles | 9 | |
| Mount Wesley | 6.3 miles | 13 | |
| Cypress Creek | 6.7 miles | 13 | |
| Camp Verde | 7.1 miles | 9 | |
| Ingram | 9.3 miles | 13 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122570735 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1337066. 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.