BlockClemons, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Brookshire census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77423. The Survey maps it on the San Felipe quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 13 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.
- 1953 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Sealy quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS San Felipe quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1985 USGS Eagle Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
31 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Clemons between 2008 and 2020, burning about 69 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 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 | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BURN BAN VIOLATION |
| 8 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRUSH FIRE |
| 6 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FIRE - GRASS |
| 29 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FIRE-GRASS |
| 8 August 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 12 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 216 |
| 29 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FIRE-GRASS |
| 26 August 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FIRE - GRASS |
| 23 August 2014 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FIRE-GRASS |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pattison | 2.7 miles | 9 | |
| Sunny Side | 3.5 miles | 11 | |
| Brookshire | 6.2 miles | 9 | |
| Monaville | 7.5 miles | 11 | |
| Cardiff | 8.2 miles | 9 | |
| Johnsue | 9.6 miles | 9 | |
| Pine Island | 14.9 miles | 10 | |
| Waller | 16.0 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378130. 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.