Maha, Texas
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Austin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78719. The Survey maps it on the Creedmoor quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 18 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.
- 1896 USGS Austin quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Austin quadrangle1:125000
- 1910 USGS Austin quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Montopolis quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Creedmoor quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1985 USGS Austin quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
100 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 100 fires within 5 miles of Maha between 1993 and 2019, burning about 1,194 acres in total. 2 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 burning | 58 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | LAREDO DR |
| 20 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HOKANSON RD |
| 17 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | OLD SAN ANTONIO |
| 17 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | OAK ARBOR |
| 16 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 150 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SOUTH BRANCH - 126 |
| 14 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 117 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MOORE RD FIRE |
| 10 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CROSSROADS DRIVE |
| 8 August 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HOKANSON RD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mustang Ridge | 2.4 miles | 18 | |
| Elroy | 3.0 miles | 18 | |
| Creedmoor | 3.0 miles | 18 | |
| Carl | 4.2 miles | 18 | |
| Colton | 4.2 miles | 20 | |
| Pilot Knob | 5.2 miles | 20 | |
| Moores Crossing | 5.4 miles | 20 | |
| Turnersville | 5.6 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378634. 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.






