BlockSempronius, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Bellville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77426. The Survey maps it on the Kenney quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
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.
- 1930 USGS Brenham quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Brenham quadrangle1:62500
- 1963 USGS Kenney quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1993 USGS Brenham quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
69 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Sempronius (historical) between 2006 and 2020, burning about 286 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 | 41 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6500 HWY 290 GRASS FIRE |
| 16 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | EVA RD. FIRE |
| 14 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BELLVILLE/ JASEK |
| 8 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 8 August 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | ILLEGAL BURN |
| 3 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 28 August 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BELLVILLE/ NEUMANN |
| 27 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenney | 2.9 miles | 10 | |
| New Wehdem | 3.5 miles | 10 | |
| Buckhorn | 4.8 miles | 8 | |
| Wehdem | 5.7 miles | 10 | |
| Bellville | 8.4 miles | 9 | |
| Cochran | 8.5 miles | 8 | |
| Raccoon Bend | 8.8 miles | 8 | |
| Nelsonville | 9.2 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2034872. 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.