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Stellar, Texas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Flatonia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78949. The Survey maps it on the Togo quadrangle.

Stellar within Fayette County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 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

25 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Stellar between 1992 and 2013, burning about 225 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 burning13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Smoking1
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
24 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceKOVAR FIRE
24 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceVYVJALA RD FIRE
14 September 1992Debris and open burning15 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
26 August 1992Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
14 August 2012Debris and open burning4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceOLD LOCKHART
8 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceVISTA RANCH RD. FIRE
28 July 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBOEHNKE
23 July 2009Smokingunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceHADDOX

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fayette 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 Stellar: 4 producers, 1 past producer. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Bentonite. 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
Baroid Muldoon MineBentonitePast Producer
Henderson PitBentoniteProducerSedimentary
Henderson PitBentoniteProducer
Southern Clay Syler PitBentoniteProducer
Syler PitBentoniteProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Fayette 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
Fords Prairie1.1 miles11
Lena5.6 miles12
Kirtley5.8 miles12
Marly5.8 miles11
Muldoon6.3 miles11
West Point6.6 miles12
Cistern6.6 miles11
Floy7.7 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380604. 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.