BlockSmith Point, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1933 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Anahuac census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77514. It lies near Vingt-et-un Islands. The Survey maps it on the Smith Point quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1933 USGS Smith Point quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Smith Point quadrangle1:25000
- 1943 USGS Smith Point quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Smith Point quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Anahuac quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Smith Point quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
4 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Smith Point between 2003 and 2012, burning about 170 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 | 4 |
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 November 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Moody National Wildlife Refuge | NO MOODY 3 |
| 7 November 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 90 acres | Moody National Wildlife Refuge | NO MOODY 1 |
| 7 November 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Moody National Wildlife Refuge | NO MOODY 2 |
| 19 November 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Moody National Wildlife Refuge | MOODY WF |
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Smith Point: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Halite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Fish Salt Dome | Halite | Occurrence | Halite |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Island | 9.4 miles | 10 | |
| Beach City | 11.0 miles | 17 | |
| Clifton Beach | 11.6 miles | 15 | |
| Double Bayou | 12.8 miles | 10 | |
| Anahuac | 16.8 miles | 12 | |
| Monroe City | 19.5 miles | 10 | |
| Cove | 20.2 miles | 12 | |
| Turtle Bayou | 20.6 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.
| Wikipedia article on Smith Point | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7545263 | 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 1347284. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.