BlockSejita, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Realitos-Concepcion census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78376. The Survey maps it on the Ramirez quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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.
- 1921 USGS Falfurrias quadrangle1:125000
- 1956 USGS Laredo quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1969 USGS Ramirez quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Falfurrias quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
16 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Sejita between 2005 and 2011, burning about 6,182 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 300 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RAMIREZ |
| 14 July 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 200 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM3249 & 257DUVALCOUNTY |
| 4 April 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CO. 107 |
| 18 March 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 18 March 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,500 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RAMIREZ - 105 |
| 6 February 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 3746 CR 259 |
| 4 February 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COUNTY ROAD 259 |
| 2 February 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | South Texas Refuge Complex | BRUSHLINE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sejita in 1 storm report in 2004: 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2004 | Hail | Sejita | - | Baseball-size hail reported in extreme southwestern Duval 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ramirez | 3.3 miles | 7 | |
| Concepcion | 7.7 miles | 7 | |
| Conception | 7.7 miles | 7 | |
| Cruz Calle | 10.7 miles | 7 | |
| Realitos | 10.8 miles | 7 | |
| Realitos Colonia | 11.0 miles | 7 | |
| Santa Cruz | 11.4 miles | 7 | |
| Vera Cruz | 13.3 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379051. 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.