BlockMewshaw, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Rusk census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75785. It stands on Gum Creek. The Survey maps it on the Maydelle quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1951 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Maydelle quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
93 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 93 fires within 5 miles of Mewshaw between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,970 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 8 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 | 38 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| 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 | Natural | 211 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 208 |
| 6 September 2018 | Natural | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WILDFIRE |
| 6 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | TWIN LAKES |
| 5 September 1998 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 2000 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 250 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 468 |
| 22 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 286 |
| 21 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 282 |
| 21 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Java | 2.1 miles | 10 | |
| Maydelle | 3.3 miles | 10 | |
| Pierces Chapel | 6.8 miles | 10 | |
| Pine Grove | 7.1 miles | 10 | |
| Oakland | 7.8 miles | 11 | |
| Delmer | 8.1 miles | 11 | |
| Dialville | 8.7 miles | 11 | |
| Prices | 9.0 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.
| Wikidata item Q122551628 | 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 1380183. 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.