BlockStewart, Texas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Tatum census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75652. The Survey maps it on the Elderville quadrangle. It stands 453 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 16 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.
- 1956 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Tatum quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1983 USGS Elderville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Henderson quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
340 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 340 fires within 5 miles of Stewart between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,925 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 21 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 | 210 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 59 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 9 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 2004 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 118 |
| 6 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 480 |
| 5 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 1998 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stewart in 6 storm reports between 2011 and 2017: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF1) | Stewart | $10,000 | A few trees were snapped at their base and had large limbs broken off with the initial touchdown along FM 2138. The tornado continued northeast causing various tree damage along and intersecting path across FM 2142 and FM 1716. It continued along a northeast path where it destroyed a storage outbuilding and uprooted several trees at FM 2187 and Hwy. 149. The tornado continued northeast where it uprooted several trees and ripped off the tops of several more along FM 2216 and FM 2221. The tornado then briefly crossed into Panola County. Maximum winds were estimated at 86-95 mph. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stewart | - | Trees were downed across County Road 2142. |
| April 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stewart | - | A tree was blown down across Farm to Market Road 782 and Farm to Market Road 1716. |
| April 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Stewart | - | A large tree was blown down blocking both sides of the road at Farm to Market Road 1797 and Farm to Market Road 782. |
| February 2013 | Tornado (EF0) | Stewart | - | The National Weather Service conducted a storm survey and determined that a weak EF0 tornado touched down west of Tatum, Texas. Damage consisted of a pine tree |uprooted along with several tops of pine trees snapped along County Road 2126 and FM 782. |
| April 2012 | Hail | Stewart | - | A mortgage company just northwest of Stewart reported dime to penny sized hail. |
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.
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 Stewart | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7615699 | 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 1380608. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.