Hilda Siding, Texas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Schertz-Cibolo census division. The Survey maps it on the McQueeney quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1924 USGS New Braunfels No 4 quadrangle1:48000
- 1927 USGS New Braunfels quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS McQueeney quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS New Braunfels quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS New Braunfels quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
123 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 123 fires within 5 miles of Hilda Siding between 2005 and 2019, burning about 1,424 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 53 |
| Debris and open burning | 31 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 23 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 9.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ALAMO CONCRETE FIRE |
| 26 September 2011 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SCHWAB ROAD |
| 16 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6000 FM78 |
| 10 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | IH 10 WEST FIRE |
| 7 August 2009 | Smoking | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1120 ALTWEIN |
| 6 August 2009 | Smoking | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | W KLIEN |
| 5 August 2009 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | ROLLING FORK |
| 3 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Hilda Siding: 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balcones Pit | Clay | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Fraser | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Mcqueeney Pit | Clay | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| McQueeney | 2.0 miles | 14 | |
| Nolte | 2.3 miles | 14 | |
| Muehlsville | 3.0 miles | 14 | |
| Morrison Falls | 3.1 miles | 14 | |
| Zipp | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Marion | 3.9 miles | 14 | |
| Schumannsville | 3.9 miles | 14 | |
| Camp Willow | 5.3 miles | 14 |
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 Q122595275 | 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 1337769. 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.






