BlockVattmannville, Texas
9 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 quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveysMatched 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
- 1954 USGS Riviera quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Riviera quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Baffin Bay quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
19 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Vattmannville between 2001 and 2020, burning about 691 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 | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 13 July 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HAY BALE FIRE |
| 12 July 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | KLEBERG COUNTY GRASS FIRE |
| 11 July 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | KLEBERG COUNTY GRASS FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2021Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Vattmannville in 1 storm report in 2021: 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2021 | Flash Flood | Vattmannville | - | The intersection of Farm-to-Market 628 and Farm-to-Market 1546 flooded as water went out of banks from the Arana Creek across Farm-to-Market 1546. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vattman | 0.4 miles | 12 | |
| Loyola Beach | 3.0 miles | 12 | |
| Riviera | 4.1 miles | 9 | |
| Riviera Beach | 5.4 miles | 12 | |
| Ricardo | 8.1 miles | 9 | |
| Kingsville | 13.8 miles | 9 | |
| El Martillo | 16.1 miles | 10 | |
| Ojo de Angua | 19.7 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 Q122597620 | 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 1379208. 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.