BlockPalmetto Park, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Point Blank census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77359. The Survey maps it on the Oakhurst quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1954 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Oakhurst quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Oakhurst quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
69 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Palmetto Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 623 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 13 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 | 35 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 8076 |
| 7 September 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 244 |
| 7 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 25 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 August 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 185 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 83 |
| 4 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | 14 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 8039 |
| 4 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakhurst | 0.9 miles | 13 | |
| Pointblank | 5.2 miles | 13 | |
| Snow Hill | 5.6 miles | 13 | |
| Staley | 5.9 miles | 12 | |
| Darby Hill | 6.1 miles | 12 | |
| Waterwood | 6.3 miles | 12 | |
| Willow Springs | 7.5 miles | 13 | |
| Stephen Creek | 7.8 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1383456. 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.