BlockSnipe, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Angleton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77515. The Survey maps it on the Lake Jackson quadrangle. It stands 30 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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 Snipe quadrangle1:31680
- 1943 USGS Snipe quadrangle1:24000
- 1950 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Lake Jackson quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1975 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Angleton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
26 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Snipe between 2002 and 2012, burning about 175 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2012-000334 |
| 23 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2012-000330 |
| 29 August 2012 | Smoking | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2012-000293 |
| 22 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2012-000286 |
| 12 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2012-000259 |
| 8 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 6 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRUSH AND GRASS FIRE |
| 4 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRUSH FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 Snipe: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sulfur. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hoskins Mound | Sulfur | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bailey Prairie | 2.4 miles | 10 | |
| Van Pelt | 2.8 miles | 11 | |
| Angleton | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| Lake Jackson Farms | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Anchor | 5.9 miles | 11 | |
| Bastrop Beach | 5.9 miles | 12 | |
| Ross | 6.0 miles | 13 | |
| Richwood | 6.0 miles | 13 |
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 Snipe | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7547782 | 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 1380567. 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.