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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 19 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.
- 1887 USGS Burnet quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Burnet quadrangle1:125000
- 1903 USGS Burnet quadrangle1:125000
- 1909 USGS Burnet quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1925 USGS Burnet 3-d quadrangle1:48000
- 1929 USGS Marble Falls quadrangle1:62500
- 1932 USGS Marble Falls quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Marble Falls quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Llano quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Llano quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
123 since 2005Regional 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 burning | 62 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | ZURITA TRL |
| 6 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 19455 |
| 5 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 19452 |
| 5 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2899/2233 |
| 5 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PRAIRIE CREEK |
| 27 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 1980 |
| 26 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BINGHAM |
| 23 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BURN PILES |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 17 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disintegrated Feldspar | Feldspar | Unknown | ||
| Capitol Marble and Granite Tx Pink | Granite | Producer | ||
| Texas Granite Corp Pearl Gray Qy | Granite | Producer | ||
| Colaska Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Producer | Granite | |
| Pearl Gray Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Producer | Granite | |
| Sunset Beige Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Producer | Granite | |
| Sunset Red Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Producer | Granite | |
| Texas Pink Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Producer | Granite | |
| Calcium Carbonate Company Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Granite Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Granite |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Granite Shoals | 1.4 miles | 19 | |
| Highland Haven | 2.2 miles | 19 | |
| Cottonwood Shores | 3.2 miles | 19 | |
| Meadowlakes | 3.9 miles | 19 | |
| Scobee | 4.3 miles | 19 | |
| Marble Falls | 4.7 miles | 19 | |
| Fairland | 5.3 miles | 19 | |
| Sudduth | 7.2 miles | 19 |
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.












