Bobbittville, Texas

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Grapeland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75844. It stands on Copperas Branch. The Survey maps it on the Augusta quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Bobbittville within Houston County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 printed sheets

Matched 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 Slocum quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1953 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1957 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000
1981 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:100000
1982 USGS Augusta quadrangle1:24000
1984 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings

Fires near this place

48 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Bobbittville (historical) between 1993 and 2020, burning about 614 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 3 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	22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	7
Natural	7
Equipment and vehicle use	4
Arson/incendiarism	3
Recreation and ceremony	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Fireworks	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	Fireworks	4.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	7117
5 September 2011	Arson/incendiarism	2.1 acres	National Forests And Grasslands In Texas	BRACKEN CREEK
4 September 1993	Debris and open burning	40 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	not named
4 September 1993	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	not named
23 September 2011	Natural	17 acres	Livingston Area	LIVINGSTON - 927
2 September 2012	Natural	21 acres	National Forests And Grasslands In Texas	LABOR DAY
5 August 1998	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	not named
24 August 2011	Natural	8.0 acres	National Forests And Grasslands In Texas	TWISTED KEY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Houston County

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Liberty Hill	2.3 miles	10
Glover (historical)	2.6 miles	10
Weches	2.6 miles	12
Augusta	3.1 miles	10
Post Oak	3.6 miles	10
Burrantown	4.4 miles	11
Waneta	4.9 miles	10
Easley Chapel	5.1 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1383336. 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.