BlockRattan, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Pecan Gap census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75432. The Survey maps it on the Pecan Gap quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1953 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Pecan Gap quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
67 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Rattan between 2005 and 2019, burning about 890 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 64 & CR 3400 |
| 19 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 1530 |
| 19 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PG ROAD FIRE |
| 6 August 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CRP |
| 3 August 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2016133 |
| 2 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 128 & CR 3430 |
| 12 August 2016 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2016142 |
| 6 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 128 GRASS FIRES |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rattan in 2 storm reports between 2017 and 2022: 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rattan | $20,000 | A home sustained damage on FM 64 southeast of Pecan Gap. The roof was damaged and water entered the home. |
| August 2017 | Flash Flood | Rattan | - | Delta County Sheriff's Department reported that FM 3388 was flooded. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antioch | 2.8 miles | 9 | |
| Price | 3.0 miles | 8 | |
| Pecan Gap | 3.7 miles | 9 | |
| Ben Franklin | 4.3 miles | 9 | |
| Crossroads | 4.6 miles | 8 | |
| Jot-Em-Down | 4.6 miles | 9 | |
| Gough | 5.0 miles | 9 | |
| Cooper | 5.7 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380415. 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.