BlockEwelder, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Taft census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78387. The Survey maps it on the Sinton East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1953 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Woodsboro quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Sinton East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
12 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Ewelder in 2008, burning about 375 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 27 July 2008 | Debris and open burning | 150 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 22 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 20 July 2008 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 15 March 2008 | Debris and open burning | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 October 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 31 October 2008 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 January 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Paul | 5.9 miles | 9 | |
| Sinton | 6.4 miles | 9 | |
| Dodd Colonia | 6.6 miles | 9 | |
| Buena Vista Colonia | 6.6 miles | 9 | |
| Dodd Number 2 Colonia | 6.6 miles | 9 | |
| Rancho Chico Addition Colonia | 6.7 miles | 9 | |
| Rancho Chico | 6.8 miles | 9 | |
| Third Rancho Chico Addition Colonia | 6.8 miles | 9 |
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 Q122565272 | 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 1378276. 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.