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Startzville, Texas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Canyon Lake census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78133. It stands on Tom Creek. The Survey maps it on the Smithson Valley quadrangle. It stands 1,040 feet above sea level.

Startzville within Comal County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

45 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Startzville between 2005 and 2020, burning about 59 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
Debris and open burning31
Recreation and ceremony6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Arson/incendiarism1

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 2019Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBORDEAUX
4 September 2011Recreation and ceremony20 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceNOV-28
2 September 2006Equipment and vehicle use12 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
11 July 2020Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceVIA PRINCIPALE
1 July 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSUNNYSIDE
6 June 2018Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceS. CRANES MILL RD.
30 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGLENN DR.
28 June 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceVINTAGE WAY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Comal County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Startzville: 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. 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 QuarryLimestone, GeneralOccurrenceLimestone
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, GeneralProducerLimestone

Every working recorded in Comal 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
Canyon Lake Forest1.3 miles15
Westhaven1.5 miles15
Canyon Springs2.1 miles15
Canyon Lake2.2 miles17
Smithson Valley4.0 miles15
Valley View5.0 miles15
Canyon City5.0 miles14
Sattler5.2 miles14

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.

Wikipedia article on StartzvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q122541909The 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 1369131. 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.