BlockCaesar, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Pettus-Pawnee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78119. The Survey maps it on the Monteola quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 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 Monteola quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Goliad quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
35 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Caesar between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,318 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 | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 300 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WRIGHT |
| 5 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 25 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JAY TENBERG |
| 17 July 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 10 July 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 9 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Caesar: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Uranium, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Molybdenum, Selenium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pawnee Mine | Uranium, Molybdenum, Selenium | Past Producer | Stratabound | |
| Intercontinental Energy Corp | Uranium | Producer | ||
| Moore Materials Co Inc | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past 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.
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 Caesar | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q113023088 | 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 1379489. 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.