BlockHarwood, Texas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Harwood-Ottine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78632. The Survey maps it on the Harwood quadrangle. 120 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 463 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1911 USGS San Marcos quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1919 USGS San Marcos quadrangle1:125000
- 1925 USGS San Marcos 4-a quadrangle1:48000
- 1929 USGS Luling quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Harwood quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
34 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Harwood between 1996 and 2020, burning about 651 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 | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MULE CREEK ROAD FIRE |
| 15 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 125 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DONKEY LANE |
| 31 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COUNTY ROAD 462 |
| 17 August 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 16 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HARWOOD |
| 15 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FIRE |
| 12 August 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | IVY SWITCH COMPLEX |
| 8 July 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SANDY PINE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Harwood: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Sand |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandy Fork | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| Ottine | 6.3 miles | 14 | |
| Slayden | 6.4 miles | 14 | |
| Thompsonville | 7.0 miles | 11 | |
| Saint James | 8.6 miles | 14 | |
| Saturn | 9.9 miles | 11 | |
| Waelder | 11.1 miles | 11 | |
| Smithville | 11.2 miles | 14 |
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 Harwood | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5677884 | 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 1337436. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.