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Mustang Ridge, Texas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Austin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78610. The Survey maps it on the Creedmoor quadrangle.

Mustang Ridge within Travis County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 18 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

88 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of Mustang Ridge between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,636 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
Debris and open burning39
Missing data/not specified/undetermined34
Equipment and vehicle use9
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Arson/incendiarism1
Natural1

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 2014Smoking2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceS US HWY 183 COMMAND
20 September 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceHOKANSON RD
17 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceOLD SAN ANTONIO
16 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined150 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSOUTH BRANCH - 126
14 September 2006Equipment and vehicle use117 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMOORE RD FIRE
10 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCROSSROADS DRIVE
8 August 2013Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHOKANSON RD
6 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHWY. 21 & FM 2001

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire 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
Maha2.4 miles18
Creedmoor3.2 miles18
Carl5.0 miles18
Elroy5.3 miles18
Turnersville5.4 miles18
Colton6.4 miles20
Onion Creek7.4 miles18
Pilot Knob7.4 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1699806. 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.