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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.

Maha within Travis County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

100 since 1993

Regional 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 burning58
Missing data/not specified/undetermined29
Equipment and vehicle use7
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
22 September 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceLAREDO DR
20 September 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceHOKANSON RD
17 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceOLD SAN ANTONIO
17 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceOAK ARBOR
16 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined150 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSOUTH BRANCH - 126
14 September 2006Equipment and vehicle use117 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMOORE RD FIRE
10 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCROSSROADS DRIVE
8 August 2013Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHOKANSON RD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Travis 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
Mustang Ridge2.4 miles18
Elroy3.0 miles18
Creedmoor3.0 miles18
Carl4.2 miles18
Colton4.2 miles20
Pilot Knob5.2 miles20
Moores Crossing5.4 miles20
Turnersville5.6 miles18

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.