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Vinson, Texas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Austin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78745. The Survey maps it on the Oak Hill quadrangle.

Vinson within Travis County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

146 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 146 fires within 5 miles of Vinson between 2005 and 2020, burning about 162 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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/undetermined90
Smoking22
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Debris and open burning8
Arson/incendiarism6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Recreation and ceremony3
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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
9 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
9 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
9 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
3 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
28 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
27 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
15 September 2008Smoking2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
13 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Travis County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Vinson: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, 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
Booth QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Lawson Booth Abandoned PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryLimestone, General, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducerLimestone

Every working recorded in Travis County

Storms near this place

30 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Vinson in 30 storm reports between 2008 and 2026: 12 flash flood, 12 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 lightning. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2021LightningVinson$100,000Lightning caused a house to catch fire in South Austin.
June 2009LightningVinson$100,000An apartment complex was struck by lightning. There was a resulting fire that caused damage to the complex.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindVinson$10,000A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 70 mph that knocked down several trees in Garrison Park in southern Austin.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindVinson$10,000A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 70 mph that snapped a utility pole in the 1600 block of W. Stassney Ln. in south Austin.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindVinson$5,000Power lines and power poles were reported down in portions of South Austin near the Interstate 35 and Highway 71 interchange.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindVinson$500A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 65 mph that knocked down 3-6 inch diameter tree limbs in the Zilker neighborhood of Austin.
April 2026HailVinson-A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail near Hwy 290 and S. Lamar Blvd. in Austin.
August 2022Flash FloodVinson-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding in Austin. ATXFloods reported the low water crossing on Wasson Rd. at Williamson Creek was closed.
August 2022Flash FloodVinson-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding. ATXFloods reported the low water crossing at the Woodview Mobile Home Park on West Bouldin Creek off Oltorf St. was closed in Austin.
March 2021HailVinson-A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail in southern Austin.
May 2020HailVinson-A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail in South Austin.
May 2020HailVinson-A thunderstorm produced half dollar size hail in South Austin. This report was from mPING.
May 2020HailVinson-A thunderstorm produced ping pong ball size hail in South Austin.
May 2020HailVinson-A thunderstorm produced ping pong ball size hail in South Austin. This report was from mPING.
May 2019Flash FloodVinson-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding. ATX Floods reported a low water crossing closed at 5003 Wasson Rd. at Williamson Creek in southern Austin.
May 2019Flash FloodVinson-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding. ATX Floods reported a low water crossing closed at 1301 W. Oltorf St. at West Bouldin Creek in Austin.
October 2019Flash FloodVinson-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding. The Austin Fire Department made a water rescue at S. 1st St. and W. Oltorf St. in southern Austin. There were reports of several cars in the water. Rainfall reports in the area were between one and three inches.
August 2016Flash FloodVinson-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding. ATXfloods reported multiple low water crossings closed across Travis County.
March 2016HailVinson-A thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail at the intersection of Hwy290 and MOPAC in southwestern Austin.
May 2013Flash FloodVinson-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding stopping travel along W. Ben White Blvd. in Austin.
September 2013Flash FloodVinson-Several roads were closed from South Austin Park to Battle Bend Park to Woods of Legend Oaks Park.
January 2012Flash FloodVinson-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain which caused flooding and closed the low water crossing on Wasson Road along Williamson Creek in Austin. Both Camp Mabry (3.14 inches) and Bergstrom International Airport (5.66 inches) reported record daily rainfall from these storms.
September 2010Flash FloodVinson-Heavy rain from Tropical Storm Hermine produced flash flooding which closed several roads due to high water around Austin.
April 2008Flash FloodVinson-The 1300 block of West Oltorff was closed due to high water.
April 2008Flash FloodVinson-The 5100 block of Wesson Road was reported closed due to high water.
June 2019HailVinson-no account filed
June 2019HailVinson-no account filed
March 2016HailVinson-no account filed
May 2013HailVinson-no account filed
April 2013HailVinson-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Travis 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
Sunset Valley1.3 miles18
Pleasant Hill1.9 miles18
Williamson2.3 miles18
Kincheonville3.0 miles18
Austin3.9 miles19
Rollingwood4.1 miles25
Ford Oaks4.1 miles18
Bluff Springs4.2 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1376601. 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.

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.