BlockCartwright, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Terrell South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75160. It stands on Bachelor Creek. The Survey maps it on the Terrell South quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1954 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Kaufman quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Terrell South quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
334 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 334 fires within 5 miles of Cartwright between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,285 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 9 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 | 177 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 53 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 49 |
| Smoking | 29 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
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 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6525 IH 20 |
| 9 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 September 2005 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CITY LAKE |
| 6 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CITY LAKE 1 |
| 5 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 136B |
| 4 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ANGELINA |
| 4 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 2578 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Ridge | 0.5 miles | 10 | |
| Wilson | 1.9 miles | 10 | |
| Post Oak Bend | 2.3 miles | 10 | |
| Post Oak Bend City | 2.9 miles | 10 | |
| Union Valley | 3.0 miles | 10 | |
| Lone Star | 4.5 miles | 10 | |
| College Mound | 4.6 miles | 10 | |
| Abner | 4.8 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378097. 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.