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Shovel Mountain, Texas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Marble Falls census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78654. The Survey maps it on the Round Mountain quadrangle.

Shovel Mountain within Burnet County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

130 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 130 fires within 5 miles of Shovel Mountain between 2004 and 2020, burning about 2,401 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 8 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 burning69
Equipment and vehicle use21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Arson/incendiarism8
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Natural1
Other causes1

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 2015Equipment and vehicle use4.5 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWINNIE SMITH
4 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service19448
4 September 2016Debris and open burning4.5 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCOASTAL FIRE
3 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.9 acresBalcones Canyon National Wildlife RefugeCR 401 FIRE
19 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service20510
18 September 2009Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2107 SHOVEL MTN RD
14 September 2008Debris and open burning20 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
5 August 2012Debris and open burning25 acresTexas A & M Forest Service200 CR 425

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Burnet County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Shovel Mountain: 4 producers, 1 occurrence. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, High Calcium, Phosphorus-Phosphates. 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
Michel MineLimestone, High CalciumProducerLimestone
Phosphate OccurrencePhosphorus-PhosphatesOccurrence
Bilbrough Marble Botticino QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Botticino QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerLimestone
Stone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerSedimentary

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
Double Horn3.4 miles16
Meadowlakes5.5 miles19
Cottonwood Shores5.6 miles19
Spicewood6.5 miles16
Marble Falls6.6 miles19
Sherwood Shores8.7 miles19
Smithwick8.9 miles18
Granite Shoals9.2 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2034954. 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.