BlockPheasant, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Tidehaven census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77465. The Survey maps it on the Blessing quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 9 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.
- 1952 USGS Blessing quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Blessing quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Port Lavaca quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Blessing quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
30 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Pheasant between 2007 and 2019, burning about 627 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 | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 305 & E. BAYSHORE |
| 3 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 2853 |
| 17 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 9 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 521 & FM 2853 |
| 7 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | PRECINCT 3 BRUSH FIRE |
| 18 May 2017 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 323 GRASS FIRE |
| 18 May 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE 12TH |
| 3 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SH 35 CONTROL BURN |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blessing | 4.8 miles | 9 | |
| Simpsonville | 5.1 miles | 8 | |
| Tin Top | 5.1 miles | 8 | |
| Ashby | 5.3 miles | 8 | |
| Collegeport | 5.7 miles | 9 | |
| Palacios | 6.5 miles | 9 | |
| Camp Hulen | 6.7 miles | 9 | |
| Citrus Grove | 7.0 miles | 8 |
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 Q122549876 | 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 1380353. 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.