Walnut Grove, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Boerne census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78006. It lies near Sabinas Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Boerne quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1954 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Boerne quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Boerne quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1985 USGS New Braunfels quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS New Braunfels quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
84 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 84 fires within 5 miles of Walnut Grove between 2006 and 2019, burning about 406 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 44 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | INTERSTATE 10 533 |
| 27 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 23 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | POEHNERT RD |
| 20 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MILE MARKER 533 |
| 5 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | MESQUITE ASH FIRE |
| 5 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | IH 10 W @ MM 536-537 |
| 30 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | IH 10 W @ 535 |
| 19 August 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FENCE CUTTING FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kreutzberg | 3.2 miles | 12 | |
| Nelson City | 3.3 miles | 10 | |
| Ammans Crossing | 3.8 miles | 10 | |
| Welfare | 4.6 miles | 10 | |
| Boerne | 5.1 miles | 12 | |
| Waring | 6.7 miles | 10 | |
| Sisterdale | 7.3 miles | 10 | |
| Oberly Crossing | 8.6 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380737. 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.





