BlockSan Pedro, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Grapeland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75844. It stands on Stowe Branch. The Survey maps it on the Grapeland quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1951 USGS Grapeland quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Crockett quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
85 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of San Pedro between 1992 and 2019, burning about 866 acres in total. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 57 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BEAVER |
| 4 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BILLY RIEMENSCHNEIDER |
| 4 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 21 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 1 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 371 |
| 9 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | G W MARSHAL |
| 5 August 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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.
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 San Pedro | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7415093 | 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 1377447. 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.