BlockHawdon, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Stafford-Missouri City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77583. The Survey maps it on the Juliff quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1943 USGS Juliff quadrangle1:24000
- 1943 USGS Juliff quadrangle1:31680
- 1950 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Juliff quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Angleton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
27 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Hawdon between 2005 and 2015, burning about 90 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 23 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CAMBRIDGE |
| 18 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 13 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 28 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 10507 CR 48 |
| 22 August 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BURN PILE/ TREES, LIMBS,ETC |
| 15 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 11 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arcola | 1.2 miles | 11 | |
| Arcola Junction | 1.7 miles | 13 | |
| Duke | 1.9 miles | 13 | |
| Sienna Plantation | 1.9 miles | 10 | |
| Juliff | 2.0 miles | 11 | |
| Palmetto | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Fresno | 4.3 miles | 13 | |
| Trammels | 5.2 miles | 11 |
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 Q122596142 | 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 1378429. 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.