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Rabbs Prairie, Texas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the La Grange census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78945. It stands on Smalley Creek. The Survey maps it on the La Grange West quadrangle.

Rabbs Prairie within Fayette County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

54 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Rabbs Prairie between 1992 and 2019, burning about 3,633 acres in total. 6 started naturally. None was 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 burning17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Equipment and vehicle use10
Natural6
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Smoking2
Fireworks2
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
7 September 2017Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServicePINEY CREEK RD
4 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution2,700 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLUTHER HILL FIRE
25 September 2015Natural5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceRACE TRACK ROAD
24 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCENTRAL TX - 26
23 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined150 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCENTRAL TX - 25
22 September 2005Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCENTRAL TX - 21
21 September 2005Debris and open burning10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCENTRAL TX - 20
19 September 1997Debris and open burning30 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fayette 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 Rabbs Prairie: 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
La Grange PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Lagrange PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerGravel, Sand
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Fayette County

Storms near this place

4 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rabbs Prairie in 4 storm reports between 2009 and 2021: 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2017FloodRabbs Prairie$50,000,000Tropical Storm force winds and winds gusts caused minor tree damage. A few trees were uprooted. The highest rainfall total was 29.19 inches outside of LaGrange in Fayette County. Most locations in Fayette County received 20 or more inches of rain. Heavy rain and flooding caused the evacuation of about 400 residents as the Colorado River at LaGrange rose to 54.2 feet. This was the third highest crest ever. Much of the city below Waters Street was flooded. Schools in the Fayetteville Independent School District sustained $80,000 damage. There were roughly 400 impacted homes across the county, 200 had substantial flood damage, 150 moderate damage, and 50 minor damage. About 2 dozen businesses in and near LaGrange sustained major flood damage. Flooding was mainly along the Colorado River from Bastrop County all the way through Fayette County. Additional flooding and homes flooded along Buckners Creek in LaGrange and Cummins Creek near Round Top area. 5 to 6 homes flooded near Fayetteville. Infrastructure loss from roads and bridges across the county is about $500K. Insured/uninsured losses is unknown but is likely in the tens of millions.
April 2014Thunderstorm WindRabbs Prairie$5,000A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 50 mph that blew down numerous trees across the northern half of Fayette County. The AWOS at La Grange Airport measured a gust of 47 mph.
October 2021Flash FloodRabbs Prairie-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding. There were several high water rescues in La Grange and Hwy 77 and Hwy 71 were both closed due to flooding. Rainfall totals around La Grange were as high as 8.65 inches.
September 2009HailRabbs Prairie-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Fayette 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
Wendt4.0 miles11
La Grange4.1 miles11
Plum4.5 miles11
Rutersville5.1 miles10
Prairie Valley5.7 miles11
Warda6.4 miles8
Nechanitz6.6 miles8
Oldenburg6.7 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380410. 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.

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.