BlockFetzer, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Prairie View-Waller census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77363. The Survey maps it on the Magnolia West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 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 Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Magnolia West quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Conroe quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
232 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 232 fires within 5 miles of Fetzer between 1993 and 2020, burning about 21,985 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 6 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 | 163 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM1774 |
| 8 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 199 |
| 8 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | STABLEWOOD TERRACE |
| 7 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 2011 | Natural | 19,960 acres | Livingston Area | RILEY ROAD FIRE |
| 4 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hegar | 8.7 miles | 16 | |
| Fields Store | 9.9 miles | 11 | |
| Rolling Hills | 11.9 miles | 8 | |
| Cedar Creek | 13.3 miles | 8 | |
| Prairie View | 13.6 miles | 15 | |
| Waller | 14.0 miles | 15 | |
| Howth | 14.0 miles | 8 | |
| Rock Island | 17.0 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 Q122542890 | 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 1378290. 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.