BlockHighland Waters, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Bandera census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78003. It lies near Panther Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Rock Cliff Reservoir 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 Rock Cliff Reservoir quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Bandera quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
10 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Highland Waters between 2006 and 2017, burning about 166 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 | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 August 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 35 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BECKER 1 |
| 29 May 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BANDERA FIRE |
| 25 February 2006 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 17 February 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 16 February 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 10 February 2017 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GEORGAN RANCH |
| 30 December 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 January 2006 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bandera | 3.7 miles | 9 | |
| Medina | 6.6 miles | 9 | |
| English Crossing | 9.8 miles | 11 | |
| Tarpley | 9.9 miles | 9 | |
| Bandera Falls | 10.5 miles | 11 | |
| Pipe Creek | 10.8 miles | 11 | |
| Lakehills | 10.8 miles | 11 | |
| Tuff | 14.2 miles | 9 |
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 Q122542407 | 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 1374070. 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.