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Smoot, Texas

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Austin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78725. It stands on Boggy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Austin East quadrangle.

Smoot within Travis County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

88 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of Smoot between 2005 and 2015, burning about 231 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined54
Smoking11
Equipment and vehicle use9
Debris and open burning6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Arson/incendiarism2
Recreation and ceremony2

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
25 September 2008Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
20 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
2 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
2 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
19 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
10 September 2013Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM973
8 August 2013Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSH130
31 August 2006Smoking1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Travis County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Smoot: 10 producers, 1 past producer. 10 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
Austin Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerGravel, Sand
Birdall PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerGravel, Sand
Colorado River PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerGravel, Sand
Green PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerGravel, Sand
J.V. Dirt and Loam PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerGravel, Sand
Naumann PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerGravel, Sand
Pit & Plant No.4Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Shapard PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerGravel, Sand
Shapard PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Texas Ind Inc Colorado River PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Travis 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
Decker2.9 miles17
Montopolis3.0 miles20
Iglehart3.1 miles19
Daffan3.4 miles19
Pershing3.7 miles19
Hornsby Bend4.1 miles18
Del Valle4.4 miles20
Austin4.9 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379088. 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.