BlockPecan Mott, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Robert Lee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76945. The Survey maps it on the Pecan Mott quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1891 USGS Hayrick quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Hayrick quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS San Angelo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Harriet quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS San Angelo quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS San Angelo quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Pecan Mott quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Robert Lee quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
8 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Pecan Mott between 2001 and 2020, burning about 703 acres in total. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 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 2005 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 August 2005 | Natural | 45 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ROLLING PLAINS - 20 |
| 3 August 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WEST BRANCH - 12 |
| 18 August 2020 | Natural | 300 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | POVERTY CANYON |
| 18 June 2020 | Natural | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | S |
| 14 June 2020 | Firearms and explosives use | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 10 MILE RANCH |
| 10 December 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 200 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 14000 HWY 208 |
| 1 January 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ARDEN RD |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennyson | 8.9 miles | 15 | |
| Shawville | 13.1 miles | 15 | |
| Robert Lee | 13.9 miles | 14 | |
| Bronte | 15.5 miles | 15 | |
| Edith | 17.0 miles | 8 | |
| Sanco | 22.2 miles | 9 | |
| Fort Chadbourne | 22.7 miles | 13 | |
| Silver | 29.0 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 Q122565787 | 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 1889716. 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.