BlockRaccoon Bend, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Bellville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77418. The Survey maps it on the Buckhorn quadrangle.
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.
- 1954 USGS Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Hempstead quadrangle1:62500
- 1962 USGS Buckhorn quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Brenham quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
21 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Raccoon Bend between 1999 and 2017, burning about 149 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 | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BELLVILLE/ OIL FIELD |
| 14 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BELLVILLE/ JASEK |
| 27 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BELLVILLE/ SCHOOL RD. |
| 25 August 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BELLVILLE/ KIDD |
| 7 July 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BELLVILLE |
| 6 July 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BELLVILLE/ SCHOOL RD |
| 3 July 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BELLVILLE/ OILFIELD |
| 9 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Raccoon Bend: 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Halite, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Racoon Bend Salt Dome | Halite | Occurrence | 1926 | |
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel, Sand |
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.
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 Raccoon Bend | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q110664453 | 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 1344692. 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.