BlockDucat Settlement, Texas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Hardin-Rye census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77575. The Survey maps it on the Arizona Creek quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1943 USGS Liberty quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Saratoga quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Arizona Creek quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
40 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Ducat Settlement between 1992 and 2018, burning about 824 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 11 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 | 20 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2011 | Natural | 65 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 962 |
| 18 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CAROUTHERS RESIDENCE |
| 26 August 2000 | Natural | 75 acres | Big Thicket National Park | TFS 585 |
| 9 July 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 137 |
| 3 July 2013 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 8038 |
| 22 July 2008 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 17 July 2009 | Natural | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 180 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Thicket Loblolly | 2.1 miles | 14 | |
| Moss Hill | 2.4 miles | 13 | |
| Tanner Settlement | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| Jacob Settlement | 4.0 miles | 12 | |
| New Hope | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Mariam | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Vanva Settlement | 4.7 miles | 14 | |
| Grand Cane | 4.8 miles | 12 |
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 Q122553918 | 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 1377133. 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.