Schwertner, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Granger census division. It stands on North Fork Donahoe Creek. The Survey maps it on the Jarrell quadrangle. It stands 686 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 12 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.
- 1893 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1964 USGS Jarrell quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Taylor quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
17 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Schwertner between 2006 and 2020, burning about 116 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Natural | 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 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GOOSENECK RD |
| 6 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COUNTY ROAD 324 |
| 24 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 1103 & CR 305 |
| 19 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 10 August 2013 | Natural | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDERMAN RD. |
| 7 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | COUNTY ROAD 30 |
| 5 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 343 |
| 5 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COUNTY ROAD 382 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Schwertner in 2 storm reports between 2008 and 2009: 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Schwertner | - | There were large tree limbs blown down near Schwertner. |
| April 2008 | Hail | Schwertner | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sonterra | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| Jarrell | 4.8 miles | 12 | |
| Bartlett | 4.9 miles | 14 | |
| New Corn Hill | 5.0 miles | 12 | |
| Corn Hill | 5.4 miles | 12 | |
| Keelersville | 5.5 miles | 17 | |
| Theon | 5.7 miles | 12 | |
| Walburg | 6.5 miles | 17 |
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 Schwertner | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7433282 | 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 1367864. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.



