BlockBeaverdam, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the De Kalb census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75559. It lies near Jim Jones Hill. The Survey maps it on the De Kalb NW quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1950 USGS De Kalb NW quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS De Kalb NW quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Idabel quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Idabel quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
109 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 109 fires within 5 miles of Beaverdam between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2,404 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 29 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 | 50 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 29 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COCKREHAM |
| 9 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 3314 |
| 9 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 114 |
| 9 September 1994 | Smoking | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | ROADWAY |
| 6 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BOWIE 08:10 |
| 3 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 170 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Hill | 2.2 miles | 9 | |
| Pine Springs | 4.0 miles | 9 | |
| Oak Grove | 7.0 miles | 9 | |
| Garland | 8.3 miles | 9 | |
| De Kalb | 9.3 miles | 10 | |
| Hodgson | 11.4 miles | 11 | |
| Hubbard | 11.9 miles | 11 | |
| Woodstock | 12.3 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 Beaverdam | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q18922620 | 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 1381379. 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.