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Onion Creek, Texas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Austin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78747. It stands on Rinard Creek. The Survey maps it on the Oak Hill quadrangle.

Onion Creek within Travis County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

56 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Onion Creek between 2005 and 2019, burning about 246 acres in total. None 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/undetermined35
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Arson/incendiarism4
Debris and open burning4
Smoking4
Equipment and vehicle use2
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
9 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
7 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use52 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceESTANCIA
3 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
13 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
12 September 2006Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
5 July 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service16062234
22 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service16067929
8 June 2013Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBLAKE MANOR

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Travis County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Onion Creek: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Stone, Dimension, Limestone, General, 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
Buda QuarryLimestone, General, Stone, DimensionProducerLimestone
South Austin PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerGravel, Sand
Unnamed QuarryLimestone, General, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducerLimestone

Every working 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
Bluff Springs1.7 miles18
San Leanna1.9 miles18
Carl2.4 miles18
Manchaca2.6 miles18
Turnersville3.0 miles18
Ford Oaks3.6 miles18
Pleasant Hill3.8 miles18
Tanglewood Forest3.9 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1867559. 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.