BlockCaldwood Acres, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Beaumont census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77707. It lies near Jones Gully. The Survey maps it on the Beaumont West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1932 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Beaumont West quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1984 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Beaumont West quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
28 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Caldwood Acres between 1999 and 2015, burning about 293 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 | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 September 2010 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | MUT AID/BMT |
| 29 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 150 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 18 June 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 14 June 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS/KIETH |
| 21 May 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | DISHMAN/DEBRIS |
| 18 May 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 25 April 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | SMALL HAY FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Caldwood Acres: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Bromine. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaumont Plant | Bromine | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunnyside | 0.7 miles | 15 | |
| Caldwood | 1.1 miles | 15 | |
| West Oakland | 1.8 miles | 19 | |
| Walden | 1.8 miles | 15 | |
| Calder Terrace | 1.9 miles | 15 | |
| Amelia | 2.1 miles | 15 | |
| Elizabeth | 2.1 miles | 15 | |
| Calder Highlands | 2.5 miles | 15 |
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 Q122558650 | 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 1331875. 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.