BlockSpanish Village, Texas
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Fulton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77950. The Survey maps it on the Tivoli SW quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 6 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.
- 1952 USGS Tivoli SW quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS San Antonio Bay quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
26 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Spanish Village between 1996 and 2017, burning about 11,063 acres in total. 8 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 August 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Aransas National Wildlife Refuge | SALT CREEK FIRE |
| 7 July 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Aransas National Wildlife Refuge | TIRE FIRE |
| 6 July 2012 | Natural | 794 acres | Aransas National Wildlife Refuge | BURGENTINE/NO NAME RD |
| 30 July 2000 | Natural | 10 acres | Aransas National Wildlife Refuge | OCKER FIRE |
| 18 July 2009 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Aransas National Wildlife Refuge | KUBECKA FIRE |
| 4 June 1996 | Natural | 328 acres | Aransas National Wildlife Refuge | KELLEY |
| 4 June 1996 | Natural | 268 acres | Aransas National Wildlife Refuge | CATMAN |
| 29 June 2001 | Debris and open burning | 3,980 acres | Aransas National Wildlife Refuge | SAVANNAH S |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holiday Beach | 10.1 miles | 9 | |
| Lamar | 11.5 miles | 9 | |
| Copano Village | 16.0 miles | 11 | |
| Fulton | 17.1 miles | 11 | |
| Key Allegro | 18.1 miles | 11 | |
| Rockport | 19.9 miles | 11 | |
| Shell Ridge | 21.5 miles | 15 | |
| Palm Harbor | 23.9 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379097. 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.