BlockLatium, 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. It stands on Pond Creek. The Survey maps it on the Greenvine quadrangle. 30 people lived here at the 2000 count.
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 Greenvine quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Brenham quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
16 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Latium between 2000 and 2020, burning about 57 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 | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 15 September 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 4805 FM 2502 |
| 28 August 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SOUTH BRANCH - 81 |
| 15 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | BOEHNEMANN RD |
| 12 August 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 5353 BECKERMANN ROAD |
| 17 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | DOGWOOD |
| 4 May 2008 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 17 May 2012 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | M AND S LN |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenvine | 2.4 miles | 7 | |
| Wesley | 3.2 miles | 7 | |
| Klump | 4.6 miles | 10 | |
| La Bahia | 6.0 miles | 7 | |
| Mill Creek | 6.3 miles | 10 | |
| Burton | 7.3 miles | 7 | |
| Muellersville | 7.3 miles | 10 | |
| Berlin | 8.7 miles | 10 |
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 Latium | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6496863 | 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 1378567. 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.