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Sonterra, Texas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Jarrell census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76537. The Survey maps it on the Jarrell quadrangle.

Sonterra within Williamson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 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

35 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Sonterra between 2005 and 2020, burning about 447 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Equipment and vehicle use8
Debris and open burning7
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Arson/incendiarism1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSPEARS RANCH CR 305
18 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service3940 CR 234
1 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service500 CR 314
4 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service1100 CR 237
4 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 237
31 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceJARRELL ASSIST ON 237
30 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service5501 N IH 35
26 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWINDY HILL/ JARRELL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Williamson 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
Corn Hill0.8 miles12
Jarrell1.5 miles12
New Corn Hill2.4 miles12
Theon2.8 miles12
Schwertner4.6 miles12
Walburg4.7 miles17
Keelersville6.4 miles17
Berrys Creek6.9 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2785010. 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.