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Walkerton, Texas

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Cedar Park-Liberty Hill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78613. The Survey maps it on the Leander quadrangle.

Walkerton within Williamson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

58 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Walkerton between 2005 and 2020, burning about 302 acres in total. 2 started naturally. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Debris and open burning18
Equipment and vehicle use4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Smoking1

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 2011Misuse of fire by a minor84 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMOONGLOW FIRE
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBLOCKHOUSE
13 September 2011Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServicePOWELL DR & HORSESHOE DR
6 August 2006Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
28 August 2006Natural1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
28 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
16 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
15 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHORSESHOE FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Williamson 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 Walkerton: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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
Featherlite CorpStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Allen Pit & PlantLimestone, GeneralProducer
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
White Stone0.9 miles17
Cedar Park2.1 miles17
Leander3.3 miles17
Brushy Creek5.2 miles19
Anderson Mill5.6 miles23
Turkey Hollow6.0 miles17
Pond Springs6.3 miles23
Jollyville7.0 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380736. 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.