BlockBebe, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Nixon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78614. It stands on Liberty Creek. The Survey maps it on the Leesville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1920 USGS Smiley quadrangle1:125000
- 1953 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Leesville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Cuero quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Bebe between 2006 and 2015, burning about 113 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 | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HORNUNG |
| 27 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GONZALES C.WATER SUPPLY |
| 23 June 2006 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 366 |
| 2 March 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BAR DITCH |
| 7 November 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HAYFEILD ON CR140 |
| 7 January 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WEST ZONE SOUTH - 17 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bebe in 3 storm reports between 1998 and 2009: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bebe | - | Public reported tree limbs being blown down. |
| March 2009 | Hail | Bebe | - | no account filed |
| February 1998 | Hail | Bebe | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monthalia | 4.0 miles | 11 | |
| Wrightsboro | 4.8 miles | 10 | |
| Leesville | 5.7 miles | 10 | |
| Schoolland | 5.8 miles | 10 | |
| Cost | 5.9 miles | 11 | |
| Oak Forest | 6.4 miles | 11 | |
| Smithville | 7.7 miles | 14 | |
| Belmont | 7.9 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1330277. 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.