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Moores Crossing, 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 78719. It stands on Cottonmouth Creek. The Survey maps it on the Montopolis quadrangle.

Moores Crossing within Travis County

On record in Moores Crossing

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

56 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Moores Crossing between 1995 and 2017, burning about 631 acres in total. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined33
Debris and open burning8
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Natural1
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
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
14 September 2006Equipment and vehicle use117 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMOORE RD FIRE
1 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
8 August 2001Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSOUTH BRANCH - 12
5 August 2001Debris and open burning45 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSOUTH BRANCH - 10
24 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
21 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSOUTH BRANCH - 29

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Travis County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Moores Crossing: 9 producers, 2 past producers. 9 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
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
Green PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerGravel, Sand
J.V. Dirt and Loam PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerGravel, Sand
Onion Creek Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Pilot Knob1.6 miles20
Colton2.2 miles20
Del Valle2.9 miles20
Elroy3.6 miles18
Montopolis5.3 miles20
Maha5.4 miles18
Bluff Springs5.6 miles18
Garfield5.8 miles18

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 Moores CrossingAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q121989284The 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 1380887. 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.