BlockChinquapin, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1974. It stands in the Matagorda-Sargent census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77483. It stands on Live Oak Bayou. The Survey maps it on the Lake Austin quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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.
- 1951 USGS Bay City quadrangle1:250000
- 1952 USGS Lake Austin quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Bay City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Bay City quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Bay City quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
8 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Chinquapin between 1993 and 2018, burning about 2,415 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CHINQUAPIN BAIT HOLE |
| 25 August 1999 | Natural | 1,319 acres | Big Boggy National Wildlife Refuge | CACTUS |
| 8 June 1998 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Big Boggy National Wildlife Refuge | ELECTRICBB |
| 7 June 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.4 acres | Big Boggy National Wildlife Refuge | BAIT HOLE FIRE |
| 10 June 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 46 acres | Big Boggy National Wildlife Refuge | BURN AGAIN |
| 4 April 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 500 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LAKE AUSTIN FIRE |
| 4 October 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Big Boggy National Wildlife Refuge | ADAM P. |
| 25 January 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 531 acres | Big Boggy National Wildlife Refuge | FLATRIDGE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chinquapin Landing | 0.7 miles | 6 | |
| Gulf | 6.7 miles | 9 | |
| Sargent | 7.9 miles | 9 | |
| Gulf Hill | 8.3 miles | 8 | |
| Wadsworth | 10.0 miles | 8 | |
| Hawkinsville | 10.5 miles | 9 | |
| Rymers | 11.2 miles | 8 | |
| Matagorda | 11.3 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379541. 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.