BlockWaltonia, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Ingram census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78025. It stands on Kelley Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hunt 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.
- 1894 USGS Kerrville quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Hunt quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Kerrville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
62 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Waltonia between 2003 and 2017, burning about 350 acres in total. 2 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 burning | 31 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 September 2008 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | JOHN DAVIS FIRE |
| 20 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 19 September 2011 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RUSH RD |
| 31 July 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | TREE FIRE HWY 39 |
| 28 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 26 July 2008 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hunt | 2.4 miles | 13 | |
| Ingram | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Mount Wesley | 7.1 miles | 13 | |
| Kerrville | 8.2 miles | 13 | |
| Mountain Home | 8.7 miles | 11 | |
| Legion | 9.9 miles | 12 | |
| Guadalupe Heights | 11.4 miles | 9 | |
| Stowers Corner Windmill | 11.4 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1349465. 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.