Uhland, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1985. It lies in ZIP code area 78640. The Survey maps it on the Uhland quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1911 USGS San Marcos quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1919 USGS San Marcos quadrangle1:125000
- 1953 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Uhland quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
73 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Uhland between 1998 and 2020, burning about 813 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 burning | 36 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | THIRD ST |
| 22 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6016 2720 |
| 21 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ROCKY ROAD |
| 14 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2485 SCHUELKE RD |
| 26 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 2 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2720 |
| 15 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SANTA FE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Uhland in 3 storm reports between 2015 and 2019: 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2019 | Hail | Uhland | - | A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail in Uhland. |
| August 2017 | Flash Flood | Uhland | - | Heavy rain from Tropical Storm Harvey produced flash flooding leading to a swift water rescue near Misty Ln. at FM 2720 near Uhland. |
| October 2015 | Flash Flood | Uhland | - | Additional rains in the predawn hours caused additional flooding across Caldwell County and surrounding counties. Many roads were flooded and impassable. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niederwald | 4.7 miles | 18 | |
| Maxwell | 5.3 miles | 13 | |
| Mendoza | 6.2 miles | 18 | |
| Reedville | 6.3 miles | 13 | |
| Lockhart | 7.9 miles | 15 | |
| Martindale | 8.3 miles | 13 | |
| Lytton Springs | 9.8 miles | 17 | |
| Dale | 11.9 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1349016. 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.
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.





