BlockSweet Home, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Southwest Guadalupe census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78155. The Survey maps it on the New Berlin quadrangle.
On record in Sweet Home
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Sweet Home Vocational and Agricultural High Schoollisted 1998 · 0.2 miles away
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 New Berlin quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
119 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 119 fires within 5 miles of Sweet Home between 2005 and 2018, burning about 1,908 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 | 43 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 25 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JOURNEYS END |
| 22 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 21 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 775 FIRE |
| 20 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 18 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HARTFEILD RD |
| 4 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2820 JAKES COLONY RD. |
| 4 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1400 JAKES COLONY RD. |
| 29 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olmos | 1.2 miles | 9 | |
| New Berlin | 3.3 miles | 9 | |
| Jakes Colony | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Dugger | 5.6 miles | 16 | |
| Santa Clara | 5.7 miles | 14 | |
| Muehlsville | 6.3 miles | 14 | |
| Zuehl | 7.0 miles | 10 | |
| Zipp | 7.1 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2034656. 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.