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Santa Rita Ranch, Texas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Round Rock-Georgetown census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78642. The Survey maps it on the Leander NE quadrangle.

Santa Rita Ranch within Williamson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 15 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

182 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 182 fires within 5 miles of Santa Rita Ranch between 2000 and 2020, burning about 883 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 6 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined86
Debris and open burning58
Power generation/transmission/distribution12
Equipment and vehicle use10
Arson/incendiarism6
Natural4
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
26 September 2015Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service22300 RONALD W REAGAN BLVD
19 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined23 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSOUTH BRANCH - 50
16 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service9700 W SH 29
14 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM 3405
13 September 2015Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service4250 N US 183
10 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service104 VIA DE SIENNA
9 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2605 CR 255
8 August 2012Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2100 RANCH RD 1869

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Williamson County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Santa Rita Ranch: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General. 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
Armadillo QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducer

Every working recorded in Williamson 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
Seward Junction2.0 miles13
Hunt Crossing2.3 miles15
Jinks Branch3.4 miles13
Liberty Hill4.4 miles13
Russell Crossing4.8 miles15
Leander5.9 miles17
Sun City7.4 miles20
Andice8.2 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2805855. 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.