BlockCude Crossing Windmill, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Pearsall census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78061. It stands on Big Slough. The Survey maps it on the Halff Ranch quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1925 USGS Pearsall 1-b quadrangle1:48000
- 1927 USGS Pearsall quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Halff Ranch quadrangle1:24000
- 1968 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
31 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Cude Crossing Windmill between 2005 and 2020, burning about 555 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 1581 & CR4201 |
| 27 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 220 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TREVINO FIRE |
| 18 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 140 W. 3 MILES OUT |
| 27 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR4243 - MANN PROERTY |
| 29 July 2005 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 27 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 1581 @ CR 4440 |
| 29 June 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FLACO RD @TREVINO RANCH |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frio Heights Colonia | 5.2 miles | 10 | |
| West Pearsall | 5.3 miles | 10 | |
| Alta Vista Colonia | 5.4 miles | 10 | |
| Melon | 5.5 miles | 10 | |
| Pearsall | 5.9 miles | 10 | |
| North Pearsall | 6.3 miles | 10 | |
| Pearsall East Colonia | 7.2 miles | 10 | |
| Derby Colonia | 8.3 miles | 11 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122593374 | 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 1379619. 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.