BlockPetteway, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Bremond census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76629. The Survey maps it on the Petteway quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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 Waco quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Petteway quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Marlin quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
39 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Petteway between 2006 and 2020, burning about 446 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TAITE RD |
| 10 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DUNN RD FIRE |
| 11 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | VITERA SAND RD. |
| 11 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | VITERA SAND RD |
| 5 July 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 979 @ MERRYMAN |
| 31 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 18130 |
| 29 July 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 26 July 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 2954 FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Petteway in 1 storm report in 2008: 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2008 | Tornado (EF1) | Petteway | - | A tornado was observed by the Bremond Fire Department and the public near Petteway. Numerous trees were downed or damaged along its path. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Rock | 2.6 miles | 7 | |
| Headsville | 5.7 miles | 7 | |
| Bald Prairie | 6.2 miles | 10 | |
| Nesbitt | 6.7 miles | 7 | |
| Bremond | 7.5 miles | 7 | |
| Owensville | 7.8 miles | 7 | |
| Hogg | 8.4 miles | 7 | |
| Willow Creek | 8.8 miles | 7 |
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 Q122567525 | 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 1380347. 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.
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.