BlockString Prairie, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Smithville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78953. The Survey maps it on the Rosanky quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1901 USGS Flatonia quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Rosanky quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
64 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of String Prairie between 1993 and 2020, burning about 869 acres in total. 4 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 | 30 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2011 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SH304 |
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 4000 FIRE |
| 29 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PINE CANYON |
| 23 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 95 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 17 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SOUTH BRANCH - 127 |
| 31 August 2019 | Natural | 7.8 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RED PINE |
| 24 August 2018 | Natural | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MEUTH |
| 24 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names String Prairie in 2 storm reports between 2012 and 2016: 1 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2012 | Tornado (EF0) | String Prairie | $5,000 | A damage survey estimates that a tornado touched down near Peach Creek Road and then moved northeast. Minor damage was done to a residence near Peach Creek Road. Widespread tree damage was found throughout the Double D Ranch. Max winds are estimated at 80 mph. |
| April 2016 | Flash Flood | String Prairie | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding closing FM304 near the Caldwell County line. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1369285. 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.