BlockCawthon, Texas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the South Brazos census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77868. It stands on Franks Creek. The Survey maps it on the Millican quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1913 USGS Millican quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
- 1914 USGS Navasota quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Millican quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1993 USGS Brenham quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
74 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Cawthon between 1992 and 2020, burning about 288 acres in total. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 31 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ROSS FIRE |
| 5 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 2154 @ OLD HIGHWAY 6 |
| 24 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 20365 FM 2154 |
| 19 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 18695 FM 2154 |
| 8 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 August 2013 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | NEALS HIDEAWAY |
| 7 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 24988 FM 159 |
| 7 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2154 SCHILLER RD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Cawthon: 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Halite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gifford-Hill Navasota Plant No 23 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Millican Salt Dome | Halite | Occurrence | Halite |
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.
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 Cawthon | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q114289357 | 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 1354026. 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.