BlockDavis, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Charlotte census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78011. It stands on Chiltipin Creek. The Survey maps it on the Goldfinch quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1934 USGS Schattel quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Goldfinch quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Pleasanton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
38 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Davis between 2006 and 2017, burning about 585 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 August 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FINCH #1 |
| 20 July 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PHILP HINES #1 |
| 3 June 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DAVID SWITCH RD & HWY 85 |
| 28 June 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 20 June 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 18 June 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 85 2 MI. WEST OF FM 140 |
| 17 June 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | EPPWRIGHT |
| 13 June 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Davis in 2 storm reports between 2016 and 2023: 2 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2023 | Hail | Davis | - | A thunderstorm produced three inch diameter hail south of Charlotte. Size estimated from picture on social media. |
| February 2016 | Hail | Davis | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charlotte | 5.1 miles | 8 | |
| Hindes | 6.0 miles | 8 | |
| Dobrowolski | 8.8 miles | 8 | |
| La Parita | 9.3 miles | 8 | |
| Crown | 9.8 miles | 8 | |
| Christine | 13.8 miles | 9 | |
| Jourdanton | 13.8 miles | 9 | |
| Amphion | 15.2 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379640. 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.