Saint Johns Colony, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Lockhart census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78616. The Survey maps it on the Dale quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1911 USGS San Marcos quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1919 USGS San Marcos quadrangle1:125000
- 1930 USGS Lockhart quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Dale quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
318 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 318 fires within 5 miles of Saint Johns Colony between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,985 acres in total. None started naturally. 13 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 189 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 72 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 27 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 103 DALE RANCH ROAD |
| 6 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 650 CALDER RD |
| 6 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 130 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SOUTH BRANCH - 114 |
| 5 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2009-75 |
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 200 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PETTYTOWN FIRE |
| 30 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 309 OLD COLONY LINE ROAD |
| 3 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 8810 TAYLORSVILLE ROAD |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dale | 3.0 miles | 15 | |
| Lytton Springs | 3.7 miles | 17 | |
| Taylorsville | 6.1 miles | 11 | |
| Elm Grove | 6.7 miles | 11 | |
| Pettytown | 6.8 miles | 11 | |
| Mendoza | 7.2 miles | 18 | |
| Lockhart | 8.4 miles | 15 | |
| McMahan | 8.4 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1345954. 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.






