BlockLa Parita, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Jourdanton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78026. It stands on Stancel Creek. The Survey maps it on the Christine West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 8 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.
- 1953 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Jourdanton quadrangle1:62500
- 1961 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Christine West quadrangle1:24000
- 1968 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Pleasanton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
126 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 126 fires within 5 miles of La Parita between 2005 and 2017, burning about 1,465 acres in total. 4 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 | 46 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 37 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 32 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 97 AN SPUR 162 |
| 7 September 2006 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 19 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 15 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 12 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 August 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENSLE #1 |
| 5 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HARRISON/CR332 |
| 29 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of La Parita: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sulfur. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jourdanton Sulfur | Sulfur | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dobrowolski | 4.1 miles | 8 | |
| Jourdanton | 5.5 miles | 9 | |
| Charlotte | 6.1 miles | 8 | |
| Christine | 6.5 miles | 9 | |
| Davis | 9.3 miles | 10 | |
| Crown | 10.1 miles | 8 | |
| Pleasanton | 10.3 miles | 9 | |
| Amphion | 10.7 miles | 8 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on La Parita | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q110363007 | 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 1380045. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.