BlockBatesville, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Clarksville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75426. The Survey maps it on the Clarksville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1953 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Clarksville quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Paris quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Paris quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
175 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 175 fires within 5 miles of Batesville between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,733 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 16 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 | 103 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BLACK |
| 5 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 22 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SMITH |
| 30 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 24 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Batesville: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Limestone, General | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mabry | 0.5 miles | 8 | |
| McCoy | 2.3 miles | 8 | |
| Clarksville | 3.1 miles | 8 | |
| Lone Star | 4.0 miles | 8 | |
| Sherry | 4.5 miles | 8 | |
| Bagwell | 4.5 miles | 8 | |
| Aikin Grove | 5.0 miles | 8 | |
| Liberty | 6.4 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2034754. 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.