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Vahlsing, Texas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Mathis census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78368. The Survey maps it on the Mathis quadrangle.

Vahlsing within San Patricio County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

51 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Vahlsing between 2006 and 2020, burning about 525 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 burning23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking4
Arson/incendiarism2
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
5 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service15/19
5 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service15/18
20 September 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service796
2 September 2018Equipment and vehicle use13 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM 888 COUNTY LINE
13 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service18-NOV
1 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service15-NOV
22 August 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service14/25
17 August 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service14/24

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Patricio 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 Vahlsing: 5 producers, 1 past producer. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Bomer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mathis PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerCaliche
Mcrae PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Porter PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerCaliche
Texas Hauling ContractorsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Wright PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerCaliche

Every working recorded in San Patricio 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
Mathis2.5 miles11
Hidden Acres Colonia2.9 miles11
Hidden Acres3.1 miles11
Heldnfelt3.2 miles11
La Ponderosa Colonia3.3 miles11
Point Loma3.5 miles11
Lakeshore Gardens Number 2 Colonia3.5 miles11
Lakeside3.5 miles11

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 Q122544053The 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 1379200. 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.