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Shiloh, Texas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Cedar Creek-Red Rock census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78602. It stands on Long Branch. The Survey maps it on the Bastrop SW quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Shiloh within Bastrop County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

274 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 274 fires within 5 miles of Shiloh (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,975 acres in total. None started naturally. 15 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
Debris and open burning148
Missing data/not specified/undetermined65
Equipment and vehicle use22
Arson/incendiarism15
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Smoking5
Recreation and ceremony5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4

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 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service1513 FAYETTE ST
7 September 1992Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined719 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceUNION CHAPEL
26 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
25 September 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM 1209
2 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
19 September 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM 1209
16 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceCLEARVIEW

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bastrop 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
Bastrop3.8 miles17
Clearview4.2 miles17
Wyldwood5.4 miles17
Phelan5.5 miles16
Hills Prairie5.6 miles17
Cedar Creek6.2 miles17
Utley6.5 miles17
Watterson7.1 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2034704. 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.