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Pawelekville, Texas

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Gillett census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78113. It stands on Biala Creek. The Survey maps it on the Kosciusko quadrangle.

Pawelekville within Karnes County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

59 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Pawelekville between 2005 and 2020, burning about 377 acres in total. None 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
Equipment and vehicle use30
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Debris and open burning11
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
4 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceKARNES COUNTY CR260
29 September 2006Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
23 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
2 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceDANIEL OLINICK
2 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMCCLELLAND/ SYNDER FIRE
2 September 2008Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
13 September 2008Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
8 August 2009Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSTEPHEN MOCZYGEMBA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Karnes County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Pawelekville: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Uranium, Molybdenum, Selenium, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Laskowki PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Panna Maria East MineUranium, Molybdenum, SeleniumPast ProducerStratabound
Kotzur PitUraniumProducer

Every working recorded in Karnes County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Cestohowa2.9 miles10
Harmony6.1 miles10
Falls City6.6 miles12
Panna Maria6.8 miles9
Hobson7.1 miles9
Helena9.0 miles9
Gillett9.5 miles11
Ecleto9.7 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1364904. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.