BlockCamp Worth, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the San Augustine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75935. It stands on Little Iron Ore Creek. The Survey maps it on the Chireno North quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1953 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Martinsville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Chireno North quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Nacogdoches quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Nacogdoches quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
51 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Camp Worth (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 808 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 5 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 | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2013 | Natural | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 7118 |
| 7 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 224 |
| 29 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 574 |
| 29 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 9 August 2012 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Livingston Area | WOODVILLE - 9080 |
| 28 August 2011 | Natural | 25 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 797 |
| 22 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 365 |
| 18 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SAN AUGUSTINE 17:15 |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2034854. 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.