Landa Park Highlands, Texas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the New Braunfels census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78130. It lies near Panther Canyon. The Survey maps it on the New Braunfels West quadrangle.
On record in Landa Park Highlands
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Comal Power Plantlisted 2004 · 0.8 miles away
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.
- 1927 USGS New Braunfels quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS New Braunfels West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS New Braunfels quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS New Braunfels West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS New Braunfels quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
170 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 170 fires within 5 miles of Landa Park Highlands between 2005 and 2020, burning about 3,222 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 9 were 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 | 92 |
| Debris and open burning | 21 |
| Smoking | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1101 FIRE |
| 8 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | NOV-30 |
| 5 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | NOV-62 |
| 3 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | NOV-02 |
| 27 September 2011 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | NOV-23 |
| 2 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | NOV-65 |
| 18 September 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FAUST FIRE |
| 18 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Landa Park Highlands: 12 producers, 1 past producer. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sulfur. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tilden Sulfur Plant | Sulfur | Producer | ||
| Brauntex Materials | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Brauntex Pit & Plant | Limestone, General | Producer | ||
| Centex Ingram Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| General Portland Cement Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Hays County Gravel Company Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Kollman Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel, Sand | |
| New Braunfels Quarry & Plant | Limestone, General | Producer | ||
| New Braunfels Quarry & Plant No.265 | Limestone, General | Producer | ||
| Odgen Quarry & Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Braunfels | 1.4 miles | 14 | |
| Preiss Heights | 1.8 miles | 14 | |
| Jentsch Acres | 2.1 miles | 14 | |
| Gruene | 2.3 miles | 14 | |
| Thorn Hill | 2.7 miles | 14 | |
| First Crossing | 3.1 miles | 14 | |
| Dittlinger | 3.4 miles | 14 | |
| Freiheit | 3.8 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 Q122566318 | 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 1339606. 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.






