BlockEscondidas, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Corpus Christi West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78383. The Survey maps it on the San Patricio quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveysMatched 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.
- 1950 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Orange Grove quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS San Patricio quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
65 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 65 fires within 5 miles of Escondidas between 2005 and 2020, burning about 2,459 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29 |
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM624 |
| 8 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 624 AND CR 353 |
| 13 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | F.M. 1540 |
| 7 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | EAST HWY 624 |
| 5 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 52 |
| 5 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 624 & FM 70 |
| 31 August 2013 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 360 |
| 3 August 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 51 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandy Hollow | 0.8 miles | 8 | |
| Bluntzer | 4.0 miles | 8 | |
| Rancho Banquete | 9.5 miles | 8 | |
| Banquete | 9.8 miles | 8 | |
| Rabb | 10.8 miles | 8 | |
| Calallen | 11.8 miles | 13 | |
| Five Points | 11.9 miles | 13 | |
| Agua Dulce | 12.3 miles | 8 |
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 Q122596417 | 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 2652329. 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.