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Mount Wesley, Texas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Kerrville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78028. It stands on East Town Creek. The Survey maps it on the Kerrville quadrangle.

Mount Wesley within Kerr County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 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

99 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 99 fires within 5 miles of Mount Wesley between 2000 and 2020, burning about 2,090 acres in total. 2 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
Debris and open burning49
Missing data/not specified/undetermined33
Equipment and vehicle use6
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism2
Natural2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
7 September 2011Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service5182FREIDRICHRD-FIRE
6 September 2008Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
4 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,200 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHORIZON
25 September 2008Debris and open burning50 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
24 September 2015Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceKAMIRA
20 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
20 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
2 September 2006Equipment and vehicle use6.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kerr County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Mount Wesley: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Ingram PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Kerr 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
Kerrville2.1 miles13
Legion4.2 miles12
Ingram4.3 miles13
Guadalupe Heights6.3 miles9
Waltonia7.1 miles13
Shady Grove7.8 miles9
Hunt9.5 miles13
Cypress Creek10.4 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378710. 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.