BlockTatsie Crossing, 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 lies in ZIP code area 77859. 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
42 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Tatsie Crossing between 2005 and 2019, burning about 101 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 | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
| 21 August 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 19 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 7 July 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SUTTON |
| 28 July 2006 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 27 July 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HUMMINGBIRD LN |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tatsie | 0.6 miles | 8 | |
| Nicholas | 1.4 miles | 8 | |
| Valley Junction | 3.3 miles | 7 | |
| Sutton | 4.3 miles | 8 | |
| Mumford | 5.1 miles | 9 | |
| Hearne | 5.4 miles | 7 | |
| Goodland | 6.5 miles | 8 | |
| Port Sullivan | 6.5 miles | 7 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122556281 | 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 1380644. 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.