BlockConcrete, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Yoakum census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77954. It stands on Live Oak Creek. The Survey maps it on the Concrete quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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.
- 1953 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Concrete quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Cuero quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
29 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Concrete between 2006 and 2020, burning about 204 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 77A / CHRISTIAN RD |
| 17 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | TREE FIRE 183 N |
| 1 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | US HWY 183 N GRASSFIRE |
| 20 July 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | ELDER RD 104 COUNTY |
| 15 June 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 183 N GRASS FIRE |
| 14 June 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | SAN PEDRO CEMETERY FIRE |
| 13 June 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | BLAKE MUIR |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Concrete in 1 storm report in 2009: 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2009 | Flash Flood | Concrete | - | Portions of highwy 77 and 77A from Cuero to Yoakum were closed due to flooding. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edgar | 3.9 miles | 10 | |
| Hochheim | 5.1 miles | 10 | |
| Buchel | 5.5 miles | 10 | |
| Pearl City | 5.9 miles | 9 | |
| Steen | 5.9 miles | 10 | |
| Petersville | 6.5 miles | 9 | |
| Yoakum | 8.2 miles | 9 | |
| Lindenau | 9.3 miles | 10 |
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 Concrete | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22073192 | 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 1377536. 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.