BlockCotton, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Anderson-Bedias census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77831. The Survey maps it on the Bedias quadrangle.
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.
- 1954 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Bedias quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
201 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 201 fires within 5 miles of Cotton between 1996 and 2020, burning about 928 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 4 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 | 131 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 31 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1977 CR 116 |
| 5 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 22538 LEON ST |
| 5 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 21529 HARRISON |
| 5 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 4832 MIKE POE |
| 3 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 24800 CR 131 |
| 29 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 28 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380833. 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.