BlockSutton, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Hearne census division. It stands on Dunn Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hearne South quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
3 surveys from 8 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 Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Hearne South quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1993 USGS Bryan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
79 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Sutton between 2002 and 2020, burning about 1,175 acres in total. None 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 | 45 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LEES CHAPEL PASTURES |
| 6 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LEES CHAPEL RD. |
| 3 August 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | MUSEFUSE |
| 25 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS |
| 21 August 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 2 August 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SIEGERT RANCH |
| 19 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 17 August 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3.2 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JACK RABBIT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sutton in 1 storm report in 2018: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sutton | $2,500 | Broadcast media reported wind damage to a metal farm shed and a mobile home along and south of Highway 391 near the city of Hearne, TX. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tatsie | 4.3 miles | 8 | |
| Tatsie Crossing | 4.3 miles | 8 | |
| Nicholas | 4.4 miles | 8 | |
| Black Jack | 4.6 miles | 7 | |
| Hearne | 5.2 miles | 7 | |
| Valley Junction | 5.9 miles | 7 | |
| Dunns Fort | 6.1 miles | 7 | |
| Mumford | 6.3 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380632. 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.