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Montopolis, Texas

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Austin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78741. It stands on Country Club Creek. The Survey maps it on the Montopolis quadrangle.

Montopolis within Travis County

On record in Montopolis

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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

102 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 102 fires within 5 miles of Montopolis between 2005 and 2016, burning about 195 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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/undetermined65
Smoking14
Debris and open burning7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Recreation and ceremony3
Arson/incendiarism2

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
28 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
27 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
25 September 2008Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
2 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
2 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
19 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
10 September 2013Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM973
1 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Travis County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Montopolis: 10 producers, 2 past producers. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. 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
Booth QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Unnamed QuarryLimestone, General, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducerLimestone
Dean Word Company Abandoned PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Dean Word Company OperationStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Lawson Booth Abandoned PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Austin Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerGravel, Sand
Colorado River PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerGravel, Sand
Green PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerGravel, Sand
J.V. Dirt and Loam PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerGravel, Sand
Naumann PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerGravel, Sand

Every working recorded in Travis County

Storms near this place

5 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Montopolis in 5 storm reports between 2015 and 2020: 3 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. The reports record 3 deaths. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2015Flash FloodMontopolis2 killedA female was swept out of her house and drowned when Dry Creek flooded due to heavy rainfall. The husband was also swept out of the house but survived. A man was stranded in his car near Toll 130 and FM 812. He was swept away and his body was recovered the next day near McAngus Road.
October 2015Flash FloodMontopolis1 killedA man drown when his vehicle was flooded and he was swept downstream on Dry Creek just west of Highway 183 in southern Travis County.
May 2020HailMontopolis-A thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail near Austin Bergstrom International Airport. There was a picture of the hail on social media.
May 2016Flash FloodMontopolis-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding closing low water crossings in southern Austin.
October 2015Thunderstorm WindMontopolis-A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph that damaged the roofs of several houses along Thaxton Rd. in southern Austin.

Every storm 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
Iglehart1.4 miles19
Pershing1.9 miles19
Del Valle2.9 miles20
Smoot3.0 miles19
Austin3.2 miles19
Vinson5.1 miles18
Moores Crossing5.3 miles20
Pilot Knob5.5 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1374988. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.