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Lytton Springs, Texas

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Lockhart census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78616. The Survey maps it on the Lytton Springs quadrangle.

Lytton Springs within Caldwell County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 17 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

229 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 229 fires within 5 miles of Lytton Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,584 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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
Debris and open burning148
Missing data/not specified/undetermined49
Equipment and vehicle use16
Arson/incendiarism4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Smoking4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Fireworks1

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
6 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service650 CALDER RD
5 September 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service2009-75
4 September 2014Smoking2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceS US HWY 183 COMMAND
3 September 2015Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service737 HIDDEN OAK
3 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOOD HOLLOW
29 September 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service604 SAINT JOHN ROAD
23 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServicePEARSON
23 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Caldwell 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
Saint Johns Colony3.7 miles15
Mendoza3.9 miles18
Dale5.9 miles15
Niederwald6.1 miles18
Lockhart8.8 miles15
Taylorsville9.6 miles11
Uhland9.8 miles13
Elm Grove10.3 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1340772. 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.