BlockCarter Settlement, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Cleveland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77535. The Survey maps it on the Simmons Bottom quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1943 USGS Liberty quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Liberty quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Simmons Bottom quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
81 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Carter Settlement between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,321 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 8 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 | 48 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 123 |
| 29 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 12 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 124 |
| 29 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 126 |
| 29 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 125 |
| 2 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 22 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 1 September 2000 | Natural | 5,000 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 361 |
| 4 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 2 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakdale | 3.7 miles | 12 | |
| Macedonia | 4.7 miles | 12 | |
| Lumm | 5.1 miles | 12 | |
| Ainsworth | 6.1 miles | 12 | |
| Plum Grove | 6.7 miles | 12 | |
| Snuff Ridge | 7.2 miles | 12 | |
| Simmons Bottom | 7.2 miles | 12 | |
| Grace | 7.2 miles | 12 |
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 Q122540945 | 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 1377110. 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.