Chatt, Texas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Hillsboro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76645. The Survey maps it on the Abbott quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1892 USGS Waco quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1920 USGS Waco quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Abbott quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Waco quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
183 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 183 fires within 5 miles of Chatt between 2008 and 2020, burning about 1,007 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 10 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 96 |
| Debris and open burning | 45 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 20 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 1311 |
| 9 September 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | PINE STREET FIRE |
| 30 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 29 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 1242 M/A ABBOTT DISREGARD |
| 22 September 2019 | Other causes | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ABBOTT STRUCTURE FIRE |
| 21 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 3137 |
| 20 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1127 HWY 22 |
| 2 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HCR 3214 GRASS FIRE |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378116. 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.





