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Third Crossing, Texas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the New Braunfels census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78132. It stands on Turkey Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sattler quadrangle.

Third Crossing within Comal County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

44 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Third Crossing between 2005 and 2020, burning about 90 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 were 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 burning22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Equipment and vehicle use7
Arson/incendiarism2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
29 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServicePARK ROAD
24 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM 2673
2 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceHOFFMAN LN FIRE
18 September 2005Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
1 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHUECO SPRINGS FIRE
29 August 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceNATURES WAY FIRE
18 July 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWHISPERING FIRE
16 July 2014Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceHOFFMAN, 14-4595

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Comal County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Third Crossing: 1 producer. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Centex Ingram Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Buffalo Springs (historical)0.6 miles14
Second Crossing1.7 miles14
Fourth Crossing2.7 miles14
First Crossing2.9 miles14
Sattler3.2 miles14
Preiss Heights4.9 miles14
Canyon City5.0 miles14
Royal Forest5.1 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380657. 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.