BlockTamberg, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Fayetteville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78940. It stands on Groce Branch. The Survey maps it on the Fayetteville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1919 USGS Fayettsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Fayetteville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Eagle Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
16 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Tamberg between 1993 and 2011, burning about 139 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/undetermined | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CENTRAL TX - 28 |
| 28 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 19 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SOUTH BRANCH - 129 |
| 3 August 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SOUTH BRANCH - 29 |
| 2 August 2001 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SOUTH BRANCH - 28 |
| 11 June 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 May 1998 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 26 May 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Tamberg: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pit No. 1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Thorstenberg Baca Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fayetteville | 2.5 miles | 11 | |
| Gay Hill | 2.7 miles | 10 | |
| Park | 3.0 miles | 10 | |
| Halsted | 3.3 miles | 10 | |
| Joiner | 4.0 miles | 10 | |
| Rek Hill | 4.5 miles | 11 | |
| Ellinger | 4.9 miles | 10 | |
| Rutersville | 4.9 miles | 10 |
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 Q122538956 | The 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 1380641. 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.