Shawville, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Bronte census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76933. It stands on Kickapoo Creek. The Survey maps it on the Shawville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1891 USGS Hayrick quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Hayrick quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1921 USGS Mays School quadrangle1:31680
- 1954 USGS San Angelo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS San Angelo quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Shawville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS San Angelo quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Robert Lee quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
12 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Shawville between 2006 and 2020, burning about 348 acres in total. 4 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 | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WINTERS HWY |
| 13 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM2662/US277 |
| 13 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 277. S. |
| 26 August 2006 | Natural | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 26 August 2006 | Natural | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 25 June 2010 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE ON SH 158 AT COKE/RUNNELS COUNTY LINE |
| 18 June 2020 | Natural | 200 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRONTE(SANCO PLANT) |
| 18 June 2011 | Natural | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRONTE, SANDUSKY |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bronte | 2.6 miles | 15 | |
| Tennyson | 7.5 miles | 15 | |
| Robert Lee | 10.2 miles | 14 | |
| Fort Chadbourne | 10.4 miles | 13 | |
| Pecan Mott | 13.1 miles | 15 | |
| Sanco | 16.1 miles | 9 | |
| Edith | 16.9 miles | 8 | |
| Silver | 25.4 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379066. 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.







