BlockBessmay, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Buna census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77612. It stands on Long Branch. The Survey maps it on the Buna quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1952 USGS Lake Charles quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Lake Charles quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Bessmay quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Buna quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Lake Charles quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
281 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 281 fires within 5 miles of Bessmay between 1992 and 2017, burning about 4,129 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 79 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 | 162 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 79 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 27963 HWY 96 |
| 5 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 678 |
| 4 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 184 |
| 4 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 659 |
| 4 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 232 CR 639 |
| 27 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buna | 2.1 miles | 9 | |
| Forbes | 3.5 miles | 9 | |
| Bunker Hill | 4.6 miles | 9 | |
| Le Verte | 4.8 miles | 9 | |
| Quinn | 7.0 miles | 13 | |
| Call Junction | 9.2 miles | 9 | |
| Temco | 9.3 miles | 12 | |
| Evadale | 9.8 miles | 12 |
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 Bessmay | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q21196362 | 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 1330468. 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.