BlockLakehills, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Bandera census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78063. It stands on Bear Springs Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pipe Creek quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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 Medina Lake quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Pipe Creek quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS New Braunfels quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS New Braunfels quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
20 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Lakehills between 2005 and 2019, burning about 62 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 | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 April 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 989 OILWELL |
| 8 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 March 2006 | Smoking | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 22 March 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PRIVILAGE CREEK |
| 16 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | NATHAN MARTIN |
| 16 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PRIVILAGE CREEK |
| 15 March 2019 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 100 BLOCK RANCH ROAD EAST |
| 14 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | PRIVILAGE CREEK ESTATES |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pipe Creek | 0.0 miles | 11 | |
| Bandera Falls | 3.5 miles | 11 | |
| English Crossing | 3.6 miles | 11 | |
| Bandera | 7.4 miles | 9 | |
| Lake Hills | 9.6 miles | 10 | |
| Lake Medina Highlands | 10.8 miles | 10 | |
| Highland Waters | 10.8 miles | 9 | |
| Medina | 17.3 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2034974. 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.