Bateman, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Cedar Creek-Red Rock census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78662. It stands on Lower Elm Creek. The Survey maps it on the Red Rock quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1901 USGS Flatonia quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Red Rock quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
136 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 136 fires within 5 miles of Bateman between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,082 acres in total. None 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 | 73 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 39 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | STEPHANIE LN |
| 7 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GOERTZ |
| 6 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 130 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SOUTH BRANCH - 114 |
| 3 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 8810 TAYLORSVILLE ROAD |
| 29 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 28 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 20 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 8730 TAYLORSVILLE ROAD |
| 17 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2009-77 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bateman in 4 storm reports between 1997 and 2022: 2 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bateman | - | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph that knocked trees and fences just inside Bastrop County on FM 672 near St. Johns Colony. |
| August 2017 | Flash Flood | Bateman | - | Heavy rain from Tropical Storm Harvey produced flash flooding leading to a swift water rescue near Cedar Creek. |
| October 2009 | Flash Flood | Bateman | - | Emergency management reported several roads with high water including portions of FM 535, 812, and FM 20. Some of these roads were closed due to the flooding. |
| June 1997 | Hail | Bateman | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Rock | 1.6 miles | 11 | |
| Rockne | 3.9 miles | 11 | |
| Watterson | 5.3 miles | 11 | |
| Jordan | 6.4 miles | 11 | |
| String Prairie | 8.2 miles | 11 | |
| Cedar Creek | 9.5 miles | 17 | |
| Clearview | 9.7 miles | 17 | |
| Rosanky | 9.7 miles | 11 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Bateman | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4868759 | 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 1379396. 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.
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.




