BlockPatonia, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Livingston-Onalaska census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77351. The Survey maps it on the Onalaska quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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 Onalaska quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1984 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
74 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Patonia between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,433 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 7 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 | 37 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 200 |
| 8 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 201 |
| 7 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 675 |
| 30 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 27 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 202 |
| 26 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 201 |
| 24 September 2011 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SPORTSMANS |
| 22 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 249 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colita | 2.2 miles | 12 | |
| Bold Springs | 2.5 miles | 13 | |
| Onalaska | 5.9 miles | 13 | |
| West Tempe | 6.7 miles | 13 | |
| New Willard | 8.1 miles | 13 | |
| Blanchard | 8.2 miles | 12 | |
| Seven Oaks | 8.4 miles | 13 | |
| Leggett | 8.6 miles | 13 |
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 Q122554976 | 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 2034873. 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.