BlockCavitt, Texas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Oglesby census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76561. The Survey maps it on the Oglesby quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1894 USGS Gatesville quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Oglesby quadrangle1:24000
- 1950 USGS Gatesville quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Oglesby quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Gatesville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Temple quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Oglesby quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
88 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of Cavitt between 2006 and 2020, burning about 987 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 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 | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 315 FIRE |
| 26 September 2006 | Smoking | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 20 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 554 |
| 2 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 4.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 341/1910 |
| 12 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 3560 CR 303 |
| 29 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 10944 FM 107 FIRE |
| 29 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 107 |
| 25 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 10000 FM 107 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Cavitt: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oglesby Quarry & Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lime City | 1.4 miles | 16 | |
| Oglesby | 3.0 miles | 16 | |
| Pecan Grove (historical) | 4.3 miles | 16 | |
| Leon Junction | 4.7 miles | 17 | |
| Whitson | 5.0 miles | 16 | |
| Mound | 6.5 miles | 16 | |
| The Grove | 7.1 miles | 17 | |
| Flat | 7.5 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.
| Wikidata item Q122571794 | 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 1379517. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.