BlockGainesmore, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1974. It stands in the Matagorda-Sargent census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77414. It stands on Dead Slough. The Survey maps it on the Cedar Lane quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1951 USGS Bay City quadrangle1:250000
- 1952 USGS Cedar Lane quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Bay City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Bay City quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Bay City quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
4 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Gainesmore between 2009 and 2011, burning about 149 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 April 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BOWIE RD- PWR LINES |
| 2 March 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 153- STUMPS |
| 7 February 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 144 acres | Texas Mid Coast Refuge Complex | FM 2611 |
| 30 November 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ISAACS HAY FIELD |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawkinsville | 2.4 miles | 9 | |
| Cedar Lane | 2.8 miles | 9 | |
| Cedar Lake | 3.1 miles | 9 | |
| Sargent | 5.9 miles | 9 | |
| Rugeley | 7.6 miles | 7 | |
| Caney | 9.2 miles | 7 | |
| Allenhurst | 10.3 miles | 11 | |
| Chinquapin | 11.9 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.
| Wikidata item Q122599054 | 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 1379818. 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.