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Komensky, Texas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Moulton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77975. The Survey maps it on the Komensky quadrangle.

Komensky within Lavaca County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

12 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Komensky between 1999 and 2011, burning about 84 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
Debris and open burning7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Equipment and vehicle use1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMUTUAL AIDE MOULTON
29 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSVETLIK GF
5 June 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
20 April 2009Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBRYAN SCITT
20 March 2008Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
14 March 2006Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
27 February 2008Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
28 December 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lavaca County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Novohrad2.3 miles11
Moravia3.5 miles10
Breslau4.3 miles10
Witting4.3 miles11
Moulton5.1 miles11
Old Moulton7.0 miles11
Henkhaus7.1 miles11
Gleckler7.5 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1339217. 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.