BlockLa Bahia, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Burton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77835. The Survey maps it on the Carmine quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
3 surveys from 7 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.
- 1954 USGS Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Carmine quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Brenham quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
24 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of La Bahia between 1998 and 2020, burning about 133 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 burning | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 502 S. MAIN ST. BURTON |
| 15 September 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 4805 FM 2502 |
| 3 August 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 23 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 11 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SANDSTONE |
| 15 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | BOEHNEMANN RD |
| 5 July 2013 | Fireworks | 21 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HERCULES ROAD FIRE |
| 3 July 2009 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BOEHNEMANN |
| 26 July 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 11000 290 WEST |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burton | 3.4 miles | 7 | |
| Union Hill | 4.2 miles | 7 | |
| Greenvine | 4.6 miles | 7 | |
| Latium | 6.0 miles | 7 | |
| Mill Creek | 7.7 miles | 10 | |
| Klump | 7.9 miles | 10 | |
| Rehburg | 8.6 miles | 10 | |
| Longpoint | 8.6 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378537. 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.