BlockConcordia, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Driscoll census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78343. The Survey maps it on the Concordia quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 11 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.
- 1924 USGS Petronilla quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Petronila quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Concordia quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
7 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Concordia between 2008 and 2014, burning about 110 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 1 March 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 3 February 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 3 January 2009 | Smoking | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 29 January 2009 | Smoking | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 29 January 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 15 January 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COUNTY RD 69 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bishop | 5.0 miles | 9 | |
| Driscoll | 5.4 miles | 11 | |
| Petronila | 6.1 miles | 11 | |
| Palo Alto | 6.3 miles | 9 | |
| Lost Creek | 8.1 miles | 9 | |
| Tierra Grande | 9.1 miles | 11 | |
| Spring Gardens | 11.2 miles | 13 | |
| San Pedro | 12.9 miles | 13 |
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 Concordia | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q19461111 | 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 1378152. 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.