Littig, Texas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Austin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78653. It stands on Dry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Elgin West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1885 USGS Bastrop quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Bastrop quadrangle1:125000
- 1904 USGS Bastrop quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Elgin quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Elgin quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1982 USGS Elgin West quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Austin quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
56 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Littig between 1992 and 2016, burning about 732 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 | 29 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 75 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SOUTH BRANCH - 28 |
| 1 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 July 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 July 1998 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 27 July 1992 | Smoking | 200 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 25 July 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | YOUNG PRAIRIE |
| 12 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 11 July 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 16064154 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Littig: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard Pit & Plant | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Weaver Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory) | Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
3 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Littig in 3 storm reports between 2013 and 2024: 3 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2024 | Hail | Littig | - | A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail northeast of Littig. |
| April 2024 | Hail | Littig | - | A thunderstorm produced ping pong ball size hail in Littig. |
| March 2013 | Hail | Littig | - | no account filed |
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 Katy | 4.4 miles | 17 | |
| Manda | 5.8 miles | 17 | |
| Manor | 5.9 miles | 17 | |
| Lund | 6.6 miles | 17 | |
| New Sweden | 7.0 miles | 17 | |
| Webberville | 7.1 miles | 18 | |
| Carlson | 7.5 miles | 17 | |
| Dunlap | 7.6 miles | 18 |
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 Littig | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6648798 | 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 1340003. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.







