Lone Grove, Texas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Llano North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78607. It stands on Reed Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lone Grove quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 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.
- 1887 USGS Llano quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Llano quadrangle1:125000
- 1904 USGS Llano quadrangle1:125000
- 1909 USGS Llano quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1918 USGS Llano quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Cherokee quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Lone Grove quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Llano quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Llano quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
16 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Lone Grove between 2005 and 2020, burning about 2,857 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | INDIAN BEND |
| 2 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 217 |
| 18 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 422 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LOCKHART MOUNTAIN |
| 16 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COUNTY ROAD 216 BRUSH FIRE |
| 27 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CHANNAS RANCH |
| 15 July 2005 | Debris and open burning | 800 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MULTIPLE FIRES |
| 30 June 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 586 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LONE GROVE |
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 Lone Grove: 5 producers, 4 past producers, 4 occurrences. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Graphite, Iron, Vermiculite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heath Mine | Gold, Vanadium, Bismuth, Vermiculite | Past Producer | Gold | |
| Olive Mine Prospect | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Talc Occurrence | Talc-Soapstone | Occurrence | Talc | |
| Dixie Graphite Mine | Graphite | Past Producer | Graphite | |
| Graphite Mine | Graphite | Past Producer | Graphite | |
| Llano Pit & Plant | Vermiculite | Producer | ||
| Miller Mountain | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Olive Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1892 | |
| Vermiculite Occurrence | Vermiculite | Occurrence | Residual |
Storms near this place
4 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lone Grove in 4 storm reports between 2011 and 2016: 2 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lone Grove | $2,000 | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 58 mph that blew down several trees. This storm also produced quarter size hail. |
| June 2016 | Flash Flood | Lone Grove | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding closing several county roads. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Lone Grove | - | A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail and wind gusts that blew down several trees. |
| October 2011 | Flash Flood | Lone Grove | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain which caused flooding and closed RM2241 outside Llano. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stolz | 2.6 miles | 16 | |
| Bluffton | 4.5 miles | 18 | |
| Golden Beach | 5.6 miles | 18 | |
| Llano | 6.4 miles | 17 | |
| Baby Head (historical) | 6.6 miles | 17 | |
| Buchanan Lake Village | 7.2 miles | 18 | |
| Tow | 7.3 miles | 18 | |
| Buchanan Dam | 9.2 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380104. 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.











