BlockSaint John, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1985. It lies in ZIP code area 78956. The Survey maps it on the Schulenburg 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.
- 1919 USGS Schulenburg quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Schulenburg quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Eagle Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
35 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Saint John between 1999 and 2013, burning about 125 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 | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MUTUAL AIDE MOULTON |
| 16 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 13 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 13 September 2008 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 11 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schulenburg | 4.4 miles | 10 | |
| Engle | 4.5 miles | 11 | |
| High Hill | 6.1 miles | 10 | |
| Praha | 6.6 miles | 11 | |
| Old Flatonia | 7.6 miles | 11 | |
| Freyburg | 8.7 miles | 10 | |
| Flatonia | 9.1 miles | 11 | |
| Dubina | 9.3 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379004. 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.