BlockSummerville, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Cost-Wrightsboro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78629. The Survey maps it on the Gonzales South quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 10 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.
- 1953 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Gonzales South quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Cuero quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
13 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Summerville between 2006 and 2013, burning about 24 acres in total. None 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 | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 28 February 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 23 February 2006 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 18 February 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 13-0091 |
| 9 January 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 13-0016 |
| 3 January 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 13-0003 |
| 29 January 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 13-0059 |
| 25 January 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 13-0053 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cost | 3.3 miles | 11 | |
| Gonzales | 3.3 miles | 12 | |
| Oak Forest | 6.8 miles | 11 | |
| Hamon | 7.3 miles | 9 | |
| Monthalia | 7.4 miles | 11 | |
| Wrightsboro | 7.5 miles | 10 | |
| Smithville | 8.7 miles | 14 | |
| Slayden | 9.0 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1348062. 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.