BlockPearson, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Castroville-LaCoste census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78016. The Survey maps it on the La Coste quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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.
- 1954 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS La Coste quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
69 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Pearson between 2005 and 2020, burning about 701 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 38 |
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE CR 5710 |
| 23 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS BRUSH FIRE 421 CR 667 |
| 22 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 2 August 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE FM 471 |
| 18 August 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 571 |
| 15 August 2013 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE FM 463 |
| 27 July 2011 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 5631 |
| 17 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRUSH FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Pearson: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Rapids Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Medina Gravel Company Pit and Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Medina Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel, Sand |
Storms near this place
1 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pearson in 1 storm report in 2016: 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2016 | Flash Flood | Pearson | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding closing FM471 between FM2790 and FM463. Low water crossings along FM463 were also closed. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380337. 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.
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.