BlockLake Water Wheel, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Shepherd-Evergreen census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77371. It stands on Coley Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rayburn quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1943 USGS Liberty quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Rayburn quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Rayburn quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:100000
- 1997 USGS Rayburn quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
132 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 132 fires within 5 miles of Lake Water Wheel between 1992 and 2019, burning about 545 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 104 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 3109 CHERRY CREEK EAST |
| 7 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.2 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SAN JACINTO 17:44 |
| 6 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 8065 |
| 5 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | INDUSTRIAL BLVD |
| 30 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | WRIGHT BLVD @ TIDWELL |
| 30 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 431 |
| 30 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 48 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Lake Water Wheel: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dolen No. 12 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Sand | |
| Fitch Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Tejas | 1.7 miles | 13 | |
| Strington | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Shepherd | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| Napier | 5.1 miles | 12 | |
| Drews Landing | 5.6 miles | 12 | |
| Urbana | 6.6 miles | 12 | |
| Westcott | 8.4 miles | 12 | |
| Camilla | 11.8 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 Q122591680 | 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 2034689. 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.