BlockPilgrim, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Smiley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78159. The Survey maps it on the Pilgrim quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1920 USGS Smiley quadrangle1:125000
- 1953 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Pilgrim quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Cuero quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Pilgrim between 2008 and 2009, burning about 102 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 | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 July 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM466 W. 2MILES |
| 20 March 2008 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 February 2009 | Debris and open burning | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HICKERY FORREST |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pilgrim in 2 storm reports between 2015 and 2024: 2 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2024 | Flash Flood | Pilgrim | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding closing FM 1116 at Salty Creek northeast of Pilgrim. |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Pilgrim | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding closing FM 1116. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sample | 5.1 miles | 11 | |
| Wrightsboro | 6.0 miles | 10 | |
| Smiley | 6.3 miles | 10 | |
| Cheapside | 6.4 miles | 9 | |
| Schoolland | 8.1 miles | 10 | |
| Yokum | 9.4 miles | 11 | |
| Cost | 10.0 miles | 11 | |
| Bebe | 10.4 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1365219. 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.