BlockCaplen, Texas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1933 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Bolivar Peninsula census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77617. The Survey maps it on the Caplen quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1933 USGS Caplen quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Caplen quadrangle1:24000
- 1950 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Caplen quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Galveston quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Caplen quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
34 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Caplen between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,662 acres in total. 9 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge | WF MUNDY MARSH WEST WILLOW 3-D |
| 14 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 9 August 2003 | Natural | 276 acres | Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge | DEEPMARSH 1 |
| 7 August 1999 | Natural | 70 acres | Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge | UNDRSHORMA |
| 6 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 496 acres | Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge | TXAHR-FY17-WF-NW SOUTH UNIT |
| 24 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | TRASH FIRE |
| 19 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge | UNDRSHORE2 |
| 17 August 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge | WF WEST CADE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2021Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Caplen in 1 storm report in 2021: 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2021 | Tornado (EF0) | Caplen | - | A waterspout moved onshore. This EF0 tornado lasted a short time and caused no damage. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rollover | 1.0 miles | 13 | |
| Gilchrist | 2.0 miles | 13 | |
| Bolivar Peninsula | 3.3 miles | 14 | |
| Stingaree | 6.8 miles | 16 | |
| Crystal Beach | 6.8 miles | 16 | |
| Patton Woods | 7.1 miles | 16 | |
| High Island | 8.3 miles | 13 | |
| Elmgrove | 8.4 miles | 16 |
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 Caplen | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5036033 | 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 1332132. 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.