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Macedonia, Texas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Sealy census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77474. It stands on William Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sealy quadrangle.

Macedonia within Austin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 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

30 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Macedonia between 1998 and 2020, burning about 987 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 burning13
Equipment and vehicle use8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Natural1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
29 September 2011Naturalunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceFIRE-GRASS
1 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
9 August 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
3 August 1998Equipment and vehicle use700 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
12 August 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
11 August 2019Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHWY 36 & GRUBBS RD
11 August 2010Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBELLVILLE/ IGNOSKIE
9 July 2016Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Austin County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Macedonia: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Chew MineClayProducer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerGravel, Sand

Every working recorded in Austin 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
Peters2.0 miles11
Sealy4.4 miles11
San Felipe4.6 miles13
Burleigh5.2 miles10
Millheim5.3 miles11
Frydek7.2 miles13
Brazos Country8.3 miles13
Rexville8.7 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378628. 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.