BlockLedbetter, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Round Top census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78946. The Survey maps it on the Ledbetter quadrangle. It stands 433 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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.
- 1919 USGS Giddings quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Ledbetter quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Brenham quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
65 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 65 fires within 5 miles of Ledbetter between 1992 and 2020, burning about 580 acres in total. 1 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 | 32 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 September 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | PR 5011 |
| 24 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | LUECKE |
| 23 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 21 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COUNTRY CLUB |
| 19 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CENTRAL TX - 10 |
| 16 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BAKER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ledbetter in 4 storm reports between 2002 and 2024: 1 tornado, 1 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2002 | Tornado (F1) | Ledbetter | $150,000 | The small tornado touched down 3 miles south of Ledbetter near FM1291 and dissipated after striking the town. As it reached the town, It damaged the roofs of businesses and homes, knocking over a windmill, toppling large trees and moving a wooden church five feet off its foundation of concrete blocks. It also rolled over a vehicle. No one was injured. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ledbetter | $5,000 | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 70 mph that uprooted some trees southeast of Ledbetter. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Ledbetter | - | A thunderstorm produced one inch hail in Ledbetter. |
| August 2005 | Flash Flood | Ledbetter | - | Thunderstorms in northeast Fayette County produced up to 3 inches of rain near Ledbetter, near the Washington County line. Flash flooding began in the early evening, ending by mid evening. FM1291 was closed near Ledbetter due to high water. |
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.
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 Ledbetter | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6512550 | 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 1339768. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.