BlockCotton Patch, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Yorktown census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78141. It stands on Butler Creek. The Survey maps it on the Yorktown West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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 Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Yorktown West quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Goliad quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
14 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Cotton Patch between 2006 and 2020, burning about 68 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 | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 2017 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | KARNES COUNTY LINE |
| 2 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 20 August 2017 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CRYSTAL LUIS |
| 24 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MARON ROAD BRIDGE |
| 23 July 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TODD METTING TRASH/GRASS |
| 15 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE HWY 72 WEST |
| 28 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 72 WEST GRASS FIRE |
| 13 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE MEISCHEN AND CHODRE RD. ON FM2656 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Cotton Patch: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Uranium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finch-Hartman Pit | Uranium | Producer |
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 1379598. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.