BlockSmithville, Texas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Harwood-Ottine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78629. It stands on Clemens Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ottine quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1911 USGS San Marcos quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1919 USGS San Marcos quadrangle1:125000
- 1929 USGS Luling quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Ottine quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
16 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Smithville between 1996 and 2017, burning about 368 acres in total. 1 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 | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 175 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SOUTH BRANCH - 103 |
| 2 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JOHNSON |
| 4 August 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 125 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | OTTINE |
| 31 August 2014 | Natural | 8.4 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | INDEPENDENCE FIRE |
| 12 August 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | JOHN GANNON HAY BARN |
| 19 July 2009 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | OAK FOREST |
| 10 July 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MORHMANN HAY |
| 4 March 2006 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Forest | 2.1 miles | 11 | |
| Saint James | 3.0 miles | 14 | |
| Monthalia | 3.8 miles | 11 | |
| Belmont | 4.0 miles | 16 | |
| Ottine | 5.3 miles | 14 | |
| Slayden | 5.3 miles | 14 | |
| Cost | 7.3 miles | 11 | |
| Bebe | 7.7 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379087. 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.