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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.

Kiesling within Tom Green County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

37 since 2005

Regional 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/undetermined14
Debris and open burning10
Smoking4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Natural2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Recreation and ceremony1
Arson/incendiarism1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
5 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCHANDLER & DOUGLAS LOOP
17 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service4093 US 67 NORTH
17 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
7 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE HEINZE
29 August 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBOOK
20 August 2006Smoking15 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
19 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE SIERRA TRL
9 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tom Green County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Willow Creek-1CopperOccurrence1972

Every working recorded in Tom Green County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Orient5.0 miles15
Harriet5.4 miles15
Mullins Crossing5.6 miles14
Sixteen Mile Crossing6.4 miles14
Seventeen Mile Crossing6.7 miles14
Veribest9.2 miles13
Sixmile Crossing10.7 miles13
Alvery Junction12.2 miles17

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 Q122569554The 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.