BlockNew Fountain, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Hondo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78861. It stands on Second Creek. The Survey maps it on the Quihi quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1954 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS New Fountain quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Quihi quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Uvalde quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Uvalde quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
12 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of New Fountain between 2006 and 2020, burning about 1,886 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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/undetermined | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | US 90 E HONDO |
| 23 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 21 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE (DISREGARDED ENROUTE) |
| 23 June 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE CR 654 |
| 17 June 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 16 June 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 900 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 10 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of New Fountain: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ralph Tschirhart Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel, Sand |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380889. 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.