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Ogden, Texas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the New Braunfels census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78132. It stands on Bear Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bat Cave quadrangle.

Ogden within Comal County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

57 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Ogden between 2005 and 2020, burning about 806 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined34
Debris and open burning12
Equipment and vehicle use6
Arson/incendiarism2
Natural1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
9 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSZFD111324
3 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWEIDERSTEIN FIRE
15 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSZFD121381
14 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSZFD111369
10 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWEIL ROAD
5 August 2013Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCBFD130703
23 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHANSON FIRE
22 August 2009Natural2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2009-1067

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Comal County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Ogden: 4 producers, 1 unknown. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Ogden QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Beck Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
ComalStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Gifford Hill Ogden QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Schaffer Road PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Comal 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
Corbyn1.6 miles14
Comal2.0 miles14
Garden Ridge2.5 miles11
Bracken3.7 miles11
Solms5.1 miles14
Dittlinger5.3 miles14
Jentsch Acres6.7 miles14
New Braunfels8.5 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378787. 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.