BlockFrancitas, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the La Ward-Lolita census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77961. The Survey maps it on the Francitas quadrangle. It stands 36 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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.
- 1952 USGS Francitas quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Port Lavaca quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Francitas quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
5 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Francitas between 2007 and 2011, burning about 176 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 | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2011 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FRANCITAS |
| 6 September 2011 | Smoking | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 458 |
| 17 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 March 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 13 February 2008 | Debris and open burning | 120 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Storms near this place
1 since 2021Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Francitas in 1 storm report in 2021: 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2021 | Flash Flood | Francitas | - | Local emergency managers reported floodwater covering TX-111 east of FM 1157. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Ward | 6.7 miles | 8 | |
| Red Bluff | 10.0 miles | 9 | |
| Lolita | 10.9 miles | 9 | |
| White Hall | 11.1 miles | 8 | |
| Weedhaven | 11.2 miles | 8 | |
| Carancahua | 11.6 miles | 8 | |
| Vanderbilt | 15.0 miles | 9 | |
| Ganado | 15.5 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.
| Wikipedia article on Francitas | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14710463 | 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 1357672. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.