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Stolz, Texas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Llano North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78643. It stands on Little Llano River. The Survey maps it on the Lone Grove quadrangle.

Stolz within Llano County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 16 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

13 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Stolz between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,537 acres in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Debris and open burning3
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
27 August 2020Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceINDIAN BEND
18 August 2015Equipment and vehicle use410 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceL BAR
10 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWHITEHEAD FIRE (09-0085)
27 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCHANNAS RANCH
8 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMULTIPLE FIRES
29 June 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,000 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRANITE HILLS
28 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHWY 29 E
7 May 2016Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service215B

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Llano County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Stolz: 4 past producers, 3 occurrences, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Graphite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gold, Vanadium, Bismuth, Vermiculite. 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
Green Mountain DepositMagnesiteOccurrence
Heath MineGold, Vanadium, Bismuth, VermiculitePast ProducerGold
Olive MineIronPast Producer1892
Olive Mine ProspectManganeseOccurrence
QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Talc OccurrenceTalc-SoapstoneOccurrenceTalc
Dixie Graphite MineGraphitePast ProducerGraphite
Granite QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerGranite
Graphite MineGraphitePast ProducerGraphite
Texas Crushed Stone Llano QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Llano County

Storms near this place

2 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stolz in 2 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 1 flash flood, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2025HailStolz-A thunderstorm produced nickel to quarter size hail southeast of Llano.
October 2009Flash FloodStolz-Heavy rain caused flooding which closed numerous roads in and around Kingsland including FM 1431, FM 2545, County Road 309, and County Road 307.

Every storm recorded in Llano 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
Lone Grove2.6 miles16
Bluffton4.6 miles18
Golden Beach4.8 miles18
Llano6.4 miles17
Gainesville7.1 miles15
Buchanan Dam7.1 miles20
Buchanan Lake Village7.6 miles18
Tow8.6 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380611. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.