BlockCarancahua, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the La Ward-Lolita census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77465. It lies near Fivemile Draw. The Survey maps it on the Olivia quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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.
- 1952 USGS Olivia quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Port Lavaca quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Olivia quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
3 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Carancahua between 2013 and 2017, burning about 42 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 July 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 188 BYPASS 35 |
| 16 February 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 3280 GRASS FIRE |
| 17 January 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WINDSWEPT DRIVE |
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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weedhaven | 3.9 miles | 8 | |
| La Ward | 10.9 miles | 8 | |
| Francitas | 11.6 miles | 8 | |
| Lolita | 12.8 miles | 9 | |
| Vanderbilt | 14.9 miles | 9 | |
| Red Bluff | 14.9 miles | 9 | |
| La Salle | 16.2 miles | 9 | |
| White Hall | 21.7 miles | 8 |
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 Q122561667 | 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 1379505. 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.