Sharp, Texas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Davilla census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76518. The Survey maps it on the Sharp quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1885 USGS Taylor quadrangle1:125000
- 1887 USGS Taylor quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Taylor quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1910 USGS Buckholts quadrangle1:24000
- 1912 USGS Buckholts quadrangle1:31680
- 1954 USGS Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1963 USGS Sharp quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Taylor quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
61 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of Sharp between 2006 and 2020, burning about 564 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 24 |
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | REKINDLE CAMERON FIRE |
| 29 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 21 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COTTON BALE ON FIRE |
| 8 August 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 27 August 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 26 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PASTURE FIRE |
| 26 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PASTURE FIRE N FM 486 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sharp in 1 storm report in 2020: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sharp | - | A public report indicated trees down along County Road 412 near the city of San Gabriel, TX. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Crossroads | 1.3 miles | 14 | |
| Tracy | 3.2 miles | 15 | |
| Cummins Crossing | 3.6 miles | 17 | |
| San Gabriel | 4.5 miles | 14 | |
| Liberty Hill | 5.4 miles | 14 | |
| Corinth | 6.4 miles | 17 | |
| Davilla | 6.7 miles | 14 | |
| Val Verde | 7.5 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1368061. 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.







