BlockBessie Heights, Texas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Bridge City-Orangefield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77630. It lies near Gum Island. The Survey maps it on the Terry quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1926 USGS Terry quadrangle1:24000
- 1943 USGS Terry quadrangle1:24000
- 1952 USGS Lake Charles quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Lake Charles quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Orangefield quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Terry quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1986 USGS Lake Charles quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
50 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Bessie Heights between 1993 and 2019, burning about 658 acres in total. None started naturally. 18 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 | 26 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
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 2011 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 863 |
| 7 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 696 |
| 4 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 668 |
| 23 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 21 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 2 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 621 |
| 19 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 12 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Bessie Heights: 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Halite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Port Neches Salt Dome | Halite | Occurrence | 1928 | |
| Big Sandy Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Sand | |
| Big Sandy Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terry | 3.8 miles | 16 | |
| Oilla | 3.9 miles | 16 | |
| Orangefield | 4.0 miles | 16 | |
| Bridge City | 4.3 miles | 16 | |
| Tulane | 5.5 miles | 16 | |
| Connell | 5.6 miles | 16 | |
| Lakewood | 6.5 miles | 13 | |
| Stark | 6.6 miles | 13 |
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 Q122565361 | 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 1377997. 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.