BlockDitto, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Poteet census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78065. The Survey maps it on the Poteet quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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 San Antonio quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Poteet quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
373 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 373 fires within 5 miles of Ditto between 2005 and 2020, burning about 2,193 acres in total. None started naturally. 15 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 | 159 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 114 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 40 |
| Smoking | 29 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| 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 2017 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LISA & STANLEY KUBISH |
| 8 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | UNKNOWN |
| 8 September 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WINERY FIRE |
| 7 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | EICHMAN @ MARSHALL |
| 5 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2145 |
| 26 September 2008 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 25 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | MEADOWS & HWY 16S |
| 23 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | KEITH BURRIS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Ditto: 4 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freddie E Harris Pit | Silica | Producer | ||
| Harrison Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Harrison Pit & Plant | Silica | Producer | ||
| Palo Alto Sand Co. Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Sand |
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.
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 Ditto | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q110413395 | 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 1356049. 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.