Fort Chadbourne, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Bronte census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76933. The Survey maps it on the Blackwell quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 13 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.
- 1893 USGS Sweetwater quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Big Spring quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Big Spring quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Blackwell quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Sweetwater quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
23 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Fort Chadbourne between 2006 and 2020, burning about 158 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 300 COALSON |
| 21 September 2011 | Natural | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BYRD RANCH |
| 1 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | LAKE DAM ROAD |
| 12 August 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 22 July 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRONTE ASS FIRE |
| 22 July 2012 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WHEAT CIRCLE |
| 19 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JOHNSON FARM |
| 18 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WGAT WELL |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bronte | 7.8 miles | 15 | |
| Shawville | 10.4 miles | 15 | |
| Sanco | 12.4 miles | 9 | |
| Robert Lee | 12.8 miles | 14 | |
| Tennyson | 17.9 miles | 15 | |
| Edith | 18.3 miles | 8 | |
| Silver | 21.4 miles | 10 | |
| Pecan Mott | 22.7 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378311. 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.




