BlockPettytown, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Lockhart census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78662. The Survey maps it on the Red Rock quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1901 USGS Flatonia quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Red Rock quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
120 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 120 fires within 5 miles of Pettytown between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,294 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 were 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 | 60 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 33 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | STEPHANIE LN |
| 30 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CENTRAL TX - 15 |
| 29 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 28 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 9371 FM 713 |
| 28 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 28 September 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | 70 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 20 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 8730 TAYLORSVILLE ROAD |
| 12 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elm Grove | 1.9 miles | 11 | |
| Taylorsville | 2.2 miles | 11 | |
| McMahan | 4.9 miles | 15 | |
| Dale | 5.7 miles | 15 | |
| Delhi | 6.5 miles | 11 | |
| Saint Johns Colony | 6.8 miles | 15 | |
| Tilmon | 9.1 miles | 15 | |
| Seawillow | 9.7 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380351. 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.