BlockJakes Colony, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Southwest Guadalupe census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78155. The Survey maps it on the Thomas Springs 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.
- 1920 USGS Smiley quadrangle1:125000
- 1942 USGS Dewville quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Dewville quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Thomas Springs quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Cuero quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
102 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 102 fires within 5 miles of Jakes Colony between 2005 and 2018, burning about 1,787 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 | 45 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 36 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 2013 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JOURNEYS END |
| 4 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2820 JAKES COLONY RD. |
| 4 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1400 JAKES COLONY RD. |
| 28 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RANGELAND FIRE |
| 28 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 25 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 12 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 123 SOUTH FIRE |
| 12 August 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1362 O'DANIEL RD. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olmos | 3.3 miles | 9 | |
| Sweet Home | 3.8 miles | 9 | |
| Dugger | 4.4 miles | 16 | |
| New Berlin | 7.1 miles | 9 | |
| Muehlsville | 8.4 miles | 14 | |
| Zipp | 8.5 miles | 14 | |
| Seguin | 8.8 miles | 16 | |
| Morrison Falls | 8.9 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.
| Wikidata item Q122540802 | 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 2034671. 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.