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Ryanville, Texas

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Refugio census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78377. It lies near Ninemile Flat. The Survey maps it on the Ryanville quadrangle.

Ryanville within Refugio County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 8 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

11 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Ryanville between 2006 and 2019, burning about 3,024 acres in total. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural2
Debris and open burning1

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
3 September 2012Equipment and vehicle use15 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE ON SIDE OF ROAD
25 August 2019Natural1,343 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceZACATE
25 August 2016Natural150 acresTexas A & M Forest Service16-15
28 July 2009Equipment and vehicle use75 acresTexas A & M Forest Service183 SOUTH
20 July 2017Debris and open burning400 acresTexas A & M Forest Service183
1 May 2009Equipment and vehicle use500 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
9 March 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined500 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSHAY - 91
9 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Refugio 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
Refugio7.2 miles8
Vidaurri9.7 miles9
Quintana9.9 miles9
Woodsboro11.5 miles8
Inari15.8 miles8
Bonnie View16.3 miles8
Cranell16.8 miles8
Old Saint Marys21.6 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2744680. 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.