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Turkey Hollow, Texas

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Round Rock-Georgetown census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78717. It stands on Davis Spring Branch. The Survey maps it on the Pflugerville West quadrangle.

Turkey Hollow within Williamson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

70 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Turkey Hollow between 2005 and 2016, burning about 265 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined50
Debris and open burning5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Arson/incendiarism3
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Natural1

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 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceSH 130 AT FM 971
31 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service1498 N IH 35
3 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
28 August 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMCNEIL COMMAND
28 August 2006Natural1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
28 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
25 August 2011Smoking25 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBRATTON FIRE
25 August 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceLOUIS HENNA COMMAND

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Williamson County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Turkey Hollow: 6 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Calcium, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Dedear QuarryLimestone, General, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducerLimestone
Texas Ind Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Allen Pit & PlantLimestone, GeneralProducer
Dedear QuarryCalciumProducer
Mc Neil Plant & QuarryCalciumProducer
Unnamed QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone

Every working recorded in Williamson 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
Brushy Creek2.2 miles19
Pond Springs3.2 miles23
Jollyville3.2 miles23
Round Rock3.8 miles19
Anderson Mill3.8 miles23
Old Round Rock (historical)3.9 miles19
Cedar Park4.4 miles17
White Stone5.3 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380684. 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.