Pumpkin, Texas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Shepherd-Evergreen census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77331. It stands on Chinquapin Creek. The Survey maps it on the Maynard quadrangle.

Pumpkin within San Jacinto County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 printed sheets

Matched 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 Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Maynard quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1984 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1985 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1997 USGS Maynard quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

110 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 110 fires within 5 miles of Pumpkin between 1992 and 2020, burning about 652 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 25 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	64
Arson/incendiarism	25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	7
Natural	5
Smoking	3
Recreation and ceremony	2
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2

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
9 September 2012	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Texas A & M Forest Service	BRUSH FIRE
9 September 2012	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Livingston Area	LIVINGSTON-8071
5 September 2002	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	National Forests And Grasslands In Texas	ROAD 299
30 September 2011	Natural	9.6 acres	National Forests And Grasslands In Texas	DABNEY
30 September 2011	Natural	13 acres	Livingston Area	LIVINGSTON - 961
3 September 2011	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	BRUSH FIRE
29 September 2004	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	National Forests And Grasslands In Texas	JD
29 September 1992	Debris and open burning	11 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Jacinto County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Pumpkin: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in San Jacinto County

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Evergreen	2.6 miles	13
Maynard	2.9 miles	13
Waverly	3.8 miles	13
Old Waverly	3.9 miles	13
Spring Hill	4.5 miles	13
Laurel Hill	5.4 miles	13
Magnolia	6.5 miles	13
Bear Creek	7.5 miles	13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2034868. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.