BlockRayner Junction, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Eagle Lake census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77434. The Survey maps it on the Eagle Lake quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1953 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Eagle Lake quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Eagle Lake quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Eagle Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Rayner Junction between 2008 and 2013, burning about 2 acres in total. None 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 burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 July 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 15 October 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 January 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 13-0005 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Rayner Junction: 9 producers, 7 past producers. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lone Star Industries Pit | Silica | Producer | ||
| Parker Brothers Eagle Lake Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica | Producer | ||
| Dredge and Plant No. 34 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Eagle Lake Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel, Sand | |
| Eagle Lake Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Sand | |
| Eagle Lake Plant No. 29 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| H&H No. 319 Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Plant No. 68 Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Superior Plant 1 and 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeside | 0.8 miles | 10 | |
| Eagle Lake | 2.5 miles | 10 | |
| Matthews | 3.8 miles | 9 | |
| Boedecker Junction | 5.4 miles | 9 | |
| Hoefer | 5.7 miles | 10 | |
| Eldridge | 6.1 miles | 9 | |
| Altair | 6.8 miles | 10 | |
| Chesterville | 7.5 miles | 10 |
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 Q122565923 | 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 1378937. 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.