BlockHowards, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Newton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75966. The Survey maps it on the Bleakwood 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.
- 1952 USGS Lake Charles quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Lake Charles quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Kirbyville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Bleakwood quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS DeRidder quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
231 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 231 fires within 5 miles of Howards between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,398 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 97 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 | 97 |
| Debris and open burning | 90 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 36 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 9175 |
| 5 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 670 |
| 3 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 35 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 642 |
| 27 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LIVINGSTON - 939 |
| 27 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LIVINGSTON - 938 |
| 22 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 2 September 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 36 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 8075 |
| 19 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 352 CR 3038 BRUSH 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.
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 Q122572881 | 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 1379967. 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.