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Old Round Rock, Texas

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Round Rock-Georgetown census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78664. It stands on Onion Branch. The Survey maps it on the Round Rock quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Old Round Rock within Williamson County

On record in Old Round Rock

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 19 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

103 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 103 fires within 5 miles of Old Round Rock (historical) between 2000 and 2017, burning about 932 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 4 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/undetermined75
Debris and open burning9
Arson/incendiarism4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Natural3
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
3 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
9 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service3300 BLOCK SH 130
9 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMM 257 N IH 35
7 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service1535 GULFWAY
4 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceSH 130 AT FM 971
31 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service1498 N IH 35
31 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHEATHERWILDE COMMAND
30 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined220 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSOUTH BRANCH - 34

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Williamson 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 Old Round Rock (historical): 4 producers, 1 past producer. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Calcium, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Texas Ind Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Dedear QuarryLimestone, General, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducerLimestone
Dedear QuarryCalciumProducer
Mc Neil Plant & QuarryCalciumProducer
Unnamed QuarryLimestone, General, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast ProducerLimestone

Every working recorded in Williamson 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
Round Rock0.5 miles19
Brushy Creek3.1 miles19
Turkey Hollow3.9 miles17
Jollyville7.0 miles23
Pond Springs7.1 miles23
Cedar Park7.4 miles17
Hutto7.4 miles19
Anderson Mill7.8 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1364482. 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.