BlockHays City, Texas
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Kyle-Buda census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78619. It stands on Yorks Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mountain City quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 18 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.
- 1896 USGS Austin quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Austin quadrangle1:125000
- 1910 USGS Austin quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Buda quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Mountain City quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1985 USGS Austin quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
42 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Hays City between 2004 and 2020, burning about 165 acres in total. None 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 | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | LA VENTANA |
| 14 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 August 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 31 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COUNTY ROAD 249 |
| 6 August 2009 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 22 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 150 |
| 29 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RAINBOW RANCH FIRE |
| 14 August 2008 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 21 July 2004 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flatrock Ford | 5.4 miles | 18 | |
| Mountain City | 5.4 miles | 18 | |
| Driftwood | 5.7 miles | 15 | |
| Woodcreek | 6.6 miles | 15 | |
| Wimberley | 6.8 miles | 12 | |
| Kyle | 7.1 miles | 16 | |
| Pioneer Town | 7.6 miles | 12 | |
| Hays | 8.1 miles | 18 |
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 Q122555358 | 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 1384863. 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.