Kiesling, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the East Tom Green census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76861. The Survey maps it on the Harriet quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1891 USGS Hayrick quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Hayrick quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS San Angelo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Harriet quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS San Angelo quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS San Angelo quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Harriet quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Robert Lee quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
37 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Kiesling between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,025 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CHANDLER & DOUGLAS LOOP |
| 17 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 4093 US 67 NORTH |
| 17 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE HEINZE |
| 29 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BOOK |
| 20 August 2006 | Smoking | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 19 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE SIERRA TRL |
| 9 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
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 Kiesling: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willow Creek-1 | Copper | Occurrence | 1972 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orient | 5.0 miles | 15 | |
| Harriet | 5.4 miles | 15 | |
| Mullins Crossing | 5.6 miles | 14 | |
| Sixteen Mile Crossing | 6.4 miles | 14 | |
| Seventeen Mile Crossing | 6.7 miles | 14 | |
| Veribest | 9.2 miles | 13 | |
| Sixmile Crossing | 10.7 miles | 13 | |
| Alvery Junction | 12.2 miles | 17 |
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 Q122569554 | 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 2035007. 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.







