Schumannsville, Texas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Schertz-Cibolo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78130. The Survey maps it on the New Braunfels East quadrangle. 650 people lived here at the 2000 count. It stands 630 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1925 USGS New Braunfels No 1 quadrangle1:48000
- 1927 USGS New Braunfels quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS New Braunfels East quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS New Braunfels quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS New Braunfels quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
156 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 156 fires within 5 miles of Schumannsville between 2005 and 2019, burning about 3,629 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 9 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/undetermined | 73 |
| Debris and open burning | 34 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1101 FIRE |
| 27 September 2011 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | NOV-23 |
| 18 September 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FAUST FIRE |
| 16 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6000 FM78 |
| 16 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | NOV-18 |
| 7 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | ST MARY ST, 14-5133 |
| 7 August 2009 | Smoking | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1120 ALTWEIN |
| 6 August 2009 | Smoking | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | W KLIEN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Schumannsville: 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Limestone, General, Sulfur. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brauntex Pit & Plant | Limestone, General | Producer | ||
| Fraser | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Tilden Sulfur Plant | Sulfur | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Camp Willow | 1.5 miles | 14 | |
| Lake Dunlap | 2.1 miles | 14 | |
| Clear Springs | 2.3 miles | 14 | |
| Hilda Siding | 3.9 miles | 14 | |
| McQueeney | 4.3 miles | 14 | |
| Nolte | 5.4 miles | 14 | |
| Barbarosa | 5.5 miles | 14 | |
| Geronimo | 5.9 miles | 15 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Schumannsville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7433017 | 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 1384865. 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.






