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Sherwood Shores, Texas

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Marble Falls census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78654. It stands on Elm Creek. The Survey maps it on the Marble Falls quadrangle.

Sherwood Shores within Burnet County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 19 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

123 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 123 fires within 5 miles of Sherwood Shores between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,662 acres in total. 3 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
Debris and open burning62
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Equipment and vehicle use15
Smoking6
Recreation and ceremony4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Natural3
Other causes1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
7 September 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceZURITA TRL
6 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service19455
5 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service19452
5 September 2017Naturalunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service2899/2233
5 September 2010Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServicePRAIRIE CREEK
27 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM 1980
26 September 2013Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBINGHAM
23 September 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBURN PILES

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Burnet County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Sherwood Shores: 14 producers, 2 past producers, 1 unknown. 14 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Dimension, Granite, Feldspar. 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
Disintegrated FeldsparFeldsparUnknown
Capitol Marble and Granite Tx PinkGraniteProducer
Texas Granite Corp Pearl Gray QyGraniteProducer
Colaska QuarryStone, DimensionProducerGranite
Pearl Gray QuarryStone, DimensionProducerGranite
Sunset Beige QuarryStone, DimensionProducerGranite
Sunset Red QuarryStone, DimensionProducerGranite
Texas Pink QuarryStone, DimensionProducerGranite
Calcium Carbonate Company PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Granite QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerGranite

Every working recorded in Burnet 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
Granite Shoals1.4 miles19
Highland Haven2.2 miles19
Cottonwood Shores3.2 miles19
Meadowlakes3.9 miles19
Scobee4.3 miles19
Marble Falls4.7 miles19
Fairland5.3 miles19
Sudduth7.2 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1377753. 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.