BlockSweet Home, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Lincoln-Dime Box census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78942. It stands on Water Hole Branch. The Survey maps it on the Dime Box 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.
- 1919 USGS Dime Box quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Dime Box quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1993 USGS Brenham quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
72 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Sweet Home between 1992 and 2020, burning about 572 acres in total. 3 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 | 28 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SOUTH BRANCH - 112 |
| 30 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 29 September 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | PR 5011 |
| 29 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 27 September 2005 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 26 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CENTRAL TX - 27 |
| 23 September 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 14 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GLOBE HILL |
| 23 September 2005 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loebau | 4.9 miles | 9 | |
| Dime Box | 6.8 miles | 10 | |
| Lincoln | 7.8 miles | 9 | |
| Giddings | 8.0 miles | 8 | |
| Old Dime Box | 8.6 miles | 9 | |
| Doak Springs | 10.5 miles | 9 | |
| Manheim | 11.3 miles | 16 | |
| Leo | 11.5 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2034714. 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.