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Slayden, Texas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Harwood-Ottine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78629. It stands on Canoe Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ottine quadrangle.

Slayden within Gonzales 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

17 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Slayden between 1993 and 2017, burning about 431 acres in total. 1 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
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Debris and open burning3
Natural1

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
6 September 2010Debris and open burning15 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceRAINDROP
4 August 2009Equipment and vehicle use125 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceOTTINE
31 August 2014Natural8.4 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceINDEPENDENCE FIRE
3 August 2011Railroad operations and maintenance25 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSMITH CREEK FIRE
16 August 2011Railroad operations and maintenance25 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceTRACK FIRE
12 August 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceJOHN GANNON HAY BARN
6 July 2011Railroad operations and maintenance1.5 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCOUNTY ROAD 237 FIRE
24 July 2011Railroad operations and maintenance10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSCHULER FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gonzales County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Slayden: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSand

Every working recorded in Gonzales 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
Ottine3.1 miles14
Saint James3.8 miles14
Smithville5.3 miles14
Oak Forest5.9 miles11
Harwood6.4 miles16
Gonzales6.7 miles12
Monthalia8.4 miles11
Belmont8.7 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1347230. 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.