BlockFort McKavett, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Menard West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76841. It lies near Terrett Draw. The Survey maps it on the Fort McKavett quadrangle. It stands 2,169 feet above sea level.
On record in Fort McKavett
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Fort McKavett Historic Districtlisted 1971
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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 Fort McKavett quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Sonora quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sonora quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Fort McKavett quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Sonora quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Sonora quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
6 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Fort McKavett between 2006 and 2020, burning about 1,254 acres in total. 1 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 | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 August 2020 | Natural | 300 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DANIELSON |
| 2 June 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 38 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PRESTON FIRE |
| 5 February 2006 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WEST ZONE SOUTH - 53 |
| 4 February 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 14 October 2015 | Debris and open burning | 860 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PRESTON RANCH |
| 20 January 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MCGOWAN RANCH FIRE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beyer Crossing | 11.4 miles | 8 | |
| Fourmile Crossing | 14.7 miles | 8 | |
| Menard | 18.1 miles | 8 | |
| Fivemile Crossing | 21.9 miles | 9 | |
| Tenmile Crossing | 25.6 miles | 9 | |
| Callan | 27.2 miles | 12 | |
| Saline | 30.2 miles | 7 | |
| Hext | 30.8 miles | 7 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Fort McKavett | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5471633 | 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 1357592. 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.