BlockSimmons Bottom, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Cleveland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77535. The Survey maps it on the Simmons Bottom quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1943 USGS Liberty quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Liberty quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Simmons Bottom quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
59 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Simmons Bottom between 1999 and 2012, burning about 858 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 7 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 | 36 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 11 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRUSH FIRE |
| 7 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRUSH FIRE |
| 4 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 10 August 2000 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 262 |
| 10 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 268 |
| 8 July 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODS 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter Valley Estates | 2.0 miles | 12 | |
| Dayton Lakes | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Kenefick | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Fullerton | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Martha | 5.2 miles | 13 | |
| Sandune | 6.3 miles | 13 | |
| Champ d'Asile (historical) | 6.7 miles | 13 | |
| Lakeland | 7.0 miles | 12 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122540609 | 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 1379080. 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.