Preiss Heights, Texas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the New Braunfels census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78132. It stands on Blieders Creek. The Survey maps it on the New Braunfels East quadrangle.
On record in Preiss Heights
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Gruene Historic Districtlisted 1975 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1925 USGS New Braunfels No 1 quadrangle1:48000
- 1927 USGS New Braunfels quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS New Braunfels East quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS New Braunfels quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS New Braunfels quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
154 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 154 fires within 5 miles of Preiss Heights between 2005 and 2020, burning about 420 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 6 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/undetermined | 84 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1101 FIRE |
| 3 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | NOV-02 |
| 29 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PARK ROAD |
| 27 September 2011 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | NOV-23 |
| 2 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HOFFMAN LN FIRE |
| 2 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | NOV-65 |
| 18 September 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FAUST FIRE |
| 18 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Preiss Heights: 7 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Sulfur. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brauntex Pit & Plant | Limestone, General | Producer | ||
| Tilden Sulfur Plant | Sulfur | Producer | ||
| Odgen Quarry & Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Txi Cement Quarry & Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Hays County Gravel Company Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Kollman Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel, Sand | |
| Unnamed 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gruene | 0.8 miles | 14 | |
| Thorn Hill | 1.1 miles | 14 | |
| Landa Park Highlands | 1.8 miles | 14 | |
| First Crossing | 2.1 miles | 14 | |
| New Braunfels | 2.6 miles | 14 | |
| Freiheit | 3.1 miles | 14 | |
| Second Crossing | 3.4 miles | 14 | |
| Jentsch Acres | 3.8 miles | 14 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122557487 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1344535. 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.






