BlockColquitt, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Terrell census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75160. It stands on Berry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Terrell North quadrangle. It stands 522 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1919 USGS Royse City quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Terrell North quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
187 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 187 fires within 5 miles of Colquitt between 2006 and 2020, burning about 1,202 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 5 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 | 97 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Smoking | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 11 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LIAI |
| 3 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CHRIS |
| 27 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SAMINO |
| 27 September 2012 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | EAST SPUR |
| 26 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GALE FIRE |
| 2 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | EARTH 31 |
| 2 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | EARTH32 |
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.
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 Colquitt | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22076445 | 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 1378145. 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.