BlockAnderson Ways, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Galveston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77554. It lies near South Deer Island. The Survey maps it on the Virginia Point quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 15 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.
- 1929 USGS Virginia Point quadrangle1:24000
- 1932 USGS Virginia Point quadrangle1:31680
- 1943 USGS Virginia Point quadrangle1:24000
- 1943 USGS Virginia Point quadrangle1:25000
- 1950 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Virginia Point quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Galveston quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Virginia Point quadrangle1:24000
- 1995 USGS Virginia Point quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
2 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Anderson Ways between 1992 and 2016, burning about 1,101 acres in total. None 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/undetermined | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,100 acres | Texas Point National Wildlife Refuge | TPTWISTER |
| 21 March 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | K. JOHNSONVILLE 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tiki Island | 2.6 miles | 15 | |
| Virginia Point | 3.1 miles | 15 | |
| Bayou Vista | 4.8 miles | 15 | |
| Fort Crockett | 4.9 miles | 14 | |
| Texas City Terminal Junction | 5.8 miles | 15 | |
| Jamaica Beach | 6.3 miles | 15 | |
| Texas City Junction | 6.4 miles | 15 | |
| Galveston | 6.4 miles | 14 |
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 Q122557110 | The 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 1351114. 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.