BlockCitrus Grove, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Palacios census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77465. The Survey maps it on the Palacios NE quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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.
- 1952 USGS Palacios NE quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Port Lavaca quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Palacios NE quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
8 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Citrus Grove between 2008 and 2018, burning about 119 acres in total. None 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 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 2853 |
| 3 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 1468 |
| 9 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 521 & FM 2853 |
| 10 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COLLEGE PORT FIRE |
| 11 June 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | STP GRASS FIRE |
| 27 February 2008 | Debris and open burning | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 24 October 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COLLEGEPORT GRASS FIRE |
| 28 January 2017 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 2853 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Simpsonville | 2.7 miles | 8 | |
| Tin Top | 2.7 miles | 8 | |
| Collegeport | 4.0 miles | 9 | |
| Ashby | 5.7 miles | 8 | |
| Palacios | 6.5 miles | 9 | |
| Pheasant | 7.0 miles | 9 | |
| Camp Hulen | 7.8 miles | 9 | |
| Matagorda | 8.3 miles | 9 |
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 Citrus Grove | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q122539307 | 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 2035020. 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.