BlockLindendale, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Comfort census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78606. It stands on Delaware Creek. The Survey maps it on the Whitworth Ranch 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.
- 1894 USGS Fredericksburg quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Whitworth Ranch quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Pedernales River quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
17 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Lindendale between 2004 and 2020, burning about 990 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 11 August 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 9 July 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 102 GREEN KINGDOM |
| 18 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1888 APPROXIMATELY 4 MILES DOWN |
| 16 June 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 102 GREEN KINGDOM RD |
| 31 May 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 905 MAENIUS RD. |
| 12 May 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 19 March 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RANCH ROAD 1888 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bankersmith | 10.1 miles | 11 | |
| Sisterdale | 10.7 miles | 10 | |
| Kendalia | 11.4 miles | 10 | |
| Oberly Crossing | 13.4 miles | 10 | |
| Waring | 14.3 miles | 10 | |
| Ammans Crossing | 15.1 miles | 10 | |
| Welfare | 15.5 miles | 10 | |
| Kreutzberg | 17.3 miles | 12 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Lindendale | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q24260752 | 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 2034999. 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.