BlockSutherland Springs, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the La Vernia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78161. It stands on Gum Branch. The Survey maps it on the La Vernia quadrangle. It stands 469 feet above sea level.
On record in Sutherland Springs
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- Whitehalllisted 1980
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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.
- 1954 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS La Vernia quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
139 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 139 fires within 5 miles of Sutherland Springs between 2005 and 2018, burning about 1,703 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 11 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 | 74 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FREEMAN FIRE |
| 29 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 28 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 16 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 14 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 13 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 12 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 97 ROADSIDE |
| 5 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MORENO FIRE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grass Pond Colony | 4.1 miles | 10 | |
| Alum | 5.1 miles | 12 | |
| Unity | 5.2 miles | 9 | |
| Stockdale | 5.7 miles | 10 | |
| La Vernia | 6.5 miles | 9 | |
| Gray Crossing | 7.8 miles | 10 | |
| Caddo | 8.3 miles | 12 | |
| Kicaster | 8.4 miles | 10 |
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 Sutherland Springs | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14711346 | 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 1369438. 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.