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Solis Landing, Texas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Alpine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79834. It stands on Fresno Creek. The Survey maps it on the Solis quadrangle.

Solis Landing within Brewster County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

3 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Solis Landing between 1993 and 2017, burning about 156 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
Debris and open burning2
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
5 July 2017Natural116 acresBig Bend National ParkMARISCAL MOUNTAIN
10 May 1998Debris and open burning39 acresBig Bend National ParkMOM'S DAY
5 April 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreBig Bend National ParkTEE PEE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Brewster 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 Solis Landing: 3 occurrences, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite. 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
Big Bend National Park DepositsFluorine-FluoriteOccurrence
San Vicente FluorsparFluorine-FluoritePast Producer
San Vincente Fluorspar DistrictFluorine-FluoritePast ProducerREPLACEMENT, CAVITY FILLING, MANTO
Unnamed OccurrencesFluorine-FluoriteOccurrence
Vincente Sierra San NorteFluorine-FluoriteOccurrenceFluorite

Every working recorded in Brewster 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
Solis1.2 miles12
Comptons3.3 miles12
Rooneys Place4.0 miles12
Casa de Piedra4.8 miles12
Talley5.9 miles0
Pantera6.5 miles0
San Vicente Crossing7.6 miles12
Glenn Springs (historical)8.4 miles12

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122560422The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380925. 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.