Phelan, Texas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Bastrop census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78602. It stands on Big Sandy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lake Bastrop quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1885 USGS Bastrop quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Bastrop quadrangle1:125000
- 1904 USGS Bastrop quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Bastrop quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Bastrop quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1982 USGS Lake Bastrop quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Austin quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
492 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 492 fires within 5 miles of Phelan between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,802 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 22 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 307 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 99 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 26 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 22 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1513 FAYETTE ST |
| 4 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.9 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TACO TRUCK |
| 3 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CENTRAL TX - 37 |
| 3 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 26 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 22 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CENTRAL TX - 23 |
| 20 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 2 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 4C RANCH ROAD FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Phelan in 8 storm reports between 2010 and 2019: 4 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Phelan | $10,000 | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 65 mph that blew the roofs off mobile homes at the Riverchase Mobile Home Park in Camp Swift. |
| April 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Phelan | - | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts measured at 75 mph by the Camp Swift RAWS. |
| April 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Phelan | - | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 70 mph that blew out windows of a few houses and knocked out power. |
| June 2010 | Flash Flood | Phelan | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain which caused flooding and washed out the 400 block of Sayers Road. |
| January 2016 | Hail | Phelan | - | no account filed |
| March 2014 | Hail | Phelan | - | no account filed |
| March 2013 | Hail | Phelan | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Phelan | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Camp Swift | 2.8 miles | 16 | |
| Swiftex | 3.3 miles | 16 | |
| Bastrop | 3.4 miles | 17 | |
| Pine Hills | 4.1 miles | 16 | |
| KC Estates | 4.5 miles | 17 | |
| Circle D Estates | 4.9 miles | 17 | |
| Sayersville | 5.0 miles | 16 | |
| Utley | 5.3 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378855. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.







