McMahan, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Lockhart census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78616. It stands on Campbell Creek. The Survey maps it on the McMahan quadrangle. It stands 443 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1911 USGS San Marcos quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1919 USGS San Marcos quadrangle1:125000
- 1925 USGS San Marcos 1-d quadrangle1:48000
- 1930 USGS Lockhart quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS McMahan quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
187 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 187 fires within 5 miles of McMahan between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,850 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 6 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 burning | 101 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 28 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2014 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 9479 OLD COLONYLINE RD |
| 6 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SOUTH BRANCH - 113 |
| 5 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 200 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PETTYTOWN FIRE |
| 30 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CENTRAL TX - 15 |
| 29 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 28 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 9371 FM 713 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elm Grove | 3.1 miles | 11 | |
| Taylorsville | 3.2 miles | 11 | |
| Tilmon | 4.2 miles | 15 | |
| Pettytown | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| Seawillow | 5.0 miles | 15 | |
| Dale | 5.7 miles | 15 | |
| Brownsboro | 6.7 miles | 15 | |
| Delhi | 6.8 miles | 11 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on McMahan | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q48851210 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1341260. 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.







