BlockProvident City, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Garwood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77455. The Survey maps it on the Speaks quadrangle. It stands 141 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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.
- 1953 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Speaks quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS El Campo quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
8 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Provident City between 2006 and 2013, burning about 60 acres in total. 1 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 | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 August 2009 | Smoking | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HANCOCK RANCH |
| 31 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 20 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 10 June 2008 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 February 2006 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 21 February 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 17 January 2013 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LARKIN |
| 12 January 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sheridan | 14.7 miles | 8 | |
| Nada | 15.5 miles | 9 | |
| Garwood | 17.0 miles | 9 | |
| Rock Island | 17.4 miles | 10 | |
| Eldridge | 19.5 miles | 9 | |
| Gwinns Crossing (historical) | 19.7 miles | 10 | |
| Boedecker Junction | 19.8 miles | 9 | |
| Altair | 22.0 miles | 10 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Provident City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14946967 | 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 1380402. 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.