BlockBurnell, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Kenedy census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78119. The Survey maps it on the Tulsita quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1936 USGS Pettus quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Pettus quadrangle1:62500
- 1960 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Tulsita quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Goliad quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
34 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Burnell between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,178 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GARZA |
| 8 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MARK KIRKHAM |
| 8 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 6 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY623 |
| 6 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 300 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WRIGHT |
| 25 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JAY TENBERG |
| 20 August 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 392 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRAHAM RANCH |
| 18 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 623 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Burnell in 2 storm reports between 2015 and 2020: 1 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burnell | $2,000 | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph that damaged a playscape on Hwy 181 south of Kenedy. |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Burnell | - | Water was reported across the roadway on highway 181. Local businesses along the highway had water inundating them. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379481. 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.