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Lone Star, Texas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Killeen census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76543. It stands on Long Branch. The Survey maps it on the Killeen quadrangle.

Lone Star within Bell County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

801 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 801 fires within 5 miles of Lone Star between 2005 and 2020, burning about 5,337 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 30 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/undetermined598
Smoking50
Debris and open burning46
Equipment and vehicle use33
Recreation and ceremony31
Arson/incendiarism30
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Natural2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service503 N 38TH ST
8 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service403 CARLEY DR
8 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceON TRIMMIER RD @ E CENTRAL TX EXPY
7 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service1106 RIDGEWAY DR.
7 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
6 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service3312 RUSACK DR
6 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceON E STAN SCHLUETER LOOP AT CUNNINGHAM RD
6 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceON REGENCY DR AT E STAN SCHLUETER LOOP

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bell County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Lone Star: 4 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bandas Industries Manning QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Nolanville Quarry & PlantLimestone, GeneralProducer
Killeen Wash PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sadler Washer & PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Bell County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Killeen1.8 miles18
Harker Heights2.5 miles18
Walker Village2.7 miles17
Chaffee Village3.8 miles15
McNair Village3.8 miles15
Nolanville5.2 miles19
Brookhaven6.6 miles17
Mountain View Estates7.5 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1361660. 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.