BlockHawkinsville, 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. The Survey maps it on the Cedar Lane quadrangle. It stands 16 feet above sea level.
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
3 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Hawkinsville between 2009 and 2013, burning about 144 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 June 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge | FM 457 ROAD FIRE |
| 10 March 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge | CAR WRECK |
| 7 February 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 144 acres | Texas Mid Coast Refuge Complex | FM 2611 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Lake | 2.0 miles | 9 | |
| Gainesmore | 2.4 miles | 9 | |
| Sargent | 3.6 miles | 9 | |
| Cedar Lane | 5.0 miles | 9 | |
| Rugeley | 9.6 miles | 7 | |
| Chinquapin | 10.5 miles | 7 | |
| Chinquapin Landing | 10.8 miles | 6 | |
| Caney | 11.1 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 Hawkinsville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14710486 | 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 1379908. 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.