BlockVattman, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Riviera census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78379. The Survey maps it on the Riviera Beach quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 12 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.
- 1928 USGS Sarita quadrangle1:125000
- 1950 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
- 1952 USGS Riviera Beach quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1952 USGS Riviera Beach quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Baffin Bay quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
16 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Vattman between 2001 and 2019, burning about 675 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HAY BALE/GRASS FIRE |
| 23 September 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | KLEBERG COUNTY GRASS FIRE |
| 15 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | KLEBERG COUNTY BEACH FIRE |
| 10 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | URANIUM RESOURCES FIRE |
| 7 July 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 77 CR 2230 |
| 18 July 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SOUTH BRANCH - 3 |
| 7 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6010 HWY 77 |
| 11 April 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | KLEBERG COUNTY 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vattmannville | 0.4 miles | 9 | |
| Loyola Beach | 2.7 miles | 12 | |
| Riviera | 4.4 miles | 9 | |
| Riviera Beach | 5.1 miles | 12 | |
| Ricardo | 8.3 miles | 9 | |
| Kingsville | 13.9 miles | 9 | |
| El Martillo | 15.7 miles | 10 | |
| Ojo de Angua | 19.4 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.
| Wikidata item Q122596437 | 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 2034929. 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.