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Merrelltown, Texas

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Austin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78728. It lies near Martin Hill. The Survey maps it on the Pflugerville West quadrangle.

Merrelltown within Travis County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

96 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of Merrelltown between 2005 and 2016, burning about 889 acres in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined59
Smoking12
Debris and open burning10
Arson/incendiarism6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
4 September 2006Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
3 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
29 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
9 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service3300 BLOCK SH 130
4 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceSH 130 AT FM 971
31 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service1498 N IH 35
3 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
28 August 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMCNEIL COMMAND

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Travis County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Merrelltown: 5 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Calcium, Limestone, General, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Dedear QuarryLimestone, General, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducerLimestone
Texas Ind Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Dedear QuarryCalciumProducer
Mc Neil Plant & QuarryCalciumProducer

Every working 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
Wells Branch1.0 miles17
Kings Village1.3 miles17
McNeil1.4 miles17
Three Points1.8 miles17
Idyle Hour Acres2.2 miles17
Windemere2.4 miles17
Waters Park2.6 miles17
Ward Spring2.9 miles17

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.

Wikidata item Q122552648The 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 1380182. 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.