BlockChita, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Groveton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75862. The Survey maps it on the Chita quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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 Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
56 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Chita between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,800 acres in total. 13 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 | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2012 | Natural | 28 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 8064 |
| 3 September 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 833 |
| 29 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | LISA HARDGRAVES |
| 2 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CASTEBERRY |
| 18 September 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 918 |
| 18 September 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 917 |
| 17 September 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 7109 |
| 13 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 832 acres | Livingston Area | TRUCK FLIP FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chita in 2 storm reports between 1998 and 2007: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chita | $40,000 | Barn destroyed and several trees down (some on cars). |
| June 2007 | Hail | Chita | - | no account filed |
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 1379545. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.