BlockHogpen Crossing, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Daisetta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77538. It stands on Batiste Creek. The Survey maps it on the Devers quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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 Liberty quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Daisetta quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Devers quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
16 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Hogpen Crossing between 1993 and 2013, burning about 346 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 6 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 August 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 July 2011 | Natural | 8.0 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 604 |
| 3 July 2011 | Natural | 27 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 595 |
| 29 July 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 23 July 1998 | Natural | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 June 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 72 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LIVINGSTON - 491 |
| 8 June 2008 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 19 June 2005 | Natural | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 99 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Felicia | 2.3 miles | 13 | |
| Devers | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Moore Settlement | 7.0 miles | 13 | |
| Daisetta | 8.0 miles | 13 | |
| Raywood | 8.6 miles | 13 | |
| Cow Island | 8.6 miles | 13 | |
| Woodson | 8.7 miles | 13 | |
| Hull | 9.3 miles | 13 |
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 Q122559701 | 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 1378464. 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.