BlockRiver Hills, Texas
25 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 78733. It lies near Panther Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Austin West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 25 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.
- 1896 USGS Austin quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Austin quadrangle1:125000
- 1910 USGS Austin quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1932 USGS Mt. Bonnell quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Austin West quadrangle1:24000
- 1959 USGS Lake Travis quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1966 USGS Austin West quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1985 USGS Austin quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1988 USGS Austin West quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
38 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of River Hills between 2006 and 2020, burning about 165 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | VILLAGE WEST |
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 125 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | STEINER RANCH FIRE |
| 3 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | STALLION |
| 12 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COMMONS FORD ROAD |
| 7 August 2011 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BEE CAVE |
| 27 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | BASIN LEDGE FIRE |
| 27 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 17 August 2011 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRIGHTMAN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenshores | 1.7 miles | 25 | |
| Lost Creek | 3.0 miles | 25 | |
| Steiner Ranch | 3.2 miles | 24 | |
| West Lake Hills | 3.8 miles | 25 | |
| Barton Creek | 3.9 miles | 25 | |
| Marshall Ford | 4.2 miles | 24 | |
| Four Points | 4.5 miles | 23 | |
| Rollingwood | 5.3 miles | 25 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1345272. 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.