BlockPecan Wells, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Hamilton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76565. The Survey maps it on the Pecan Wells 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.
- 1888 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Brownwood quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Pecan Wells quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Pottsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1985 USGS Comanche quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
36 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Pecan Wells between 2006 and 2020, burning about 2,303 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR623 |
| 23 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | PECAN WELLS |
| 9 August 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | KENSING |
| 8 August 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 622 |
| 4 July 2006 | Natural | 60 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TINES |
| 28 July 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 23 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1,466 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 2005 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Springdale | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| McGirk | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Indian Gap | 6.4 miles | 13 | |
| Pottsville | 7.1 miles | 13 | |
| Shive | 7.7 miles | 13 | |
| Vista | 9.2 miles | 13 | |
| Fairview | 10.1 miles | 13 | |
| Schoolerville | 10.4 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 Q122594130 | 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 1380339. 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.