BlockWadsworth, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1974. It stands in the Matagorda-Sargent census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77483. The Survey maps it on the Wadsworth quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1951 USGS Bay City quadrangle1:250000
- 1952 USGS Wadsworth quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Bay City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Bay City quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Bay City quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
19 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Wadsworth between 2011 and 2020, burning about 590 acres in total. None 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 | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | COTTON BALE FIRE |
| 7 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PRAIRE ESTATES BURN |
| 21 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | STANLEY FARM GRASS FIRE |
| 15 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 60 DITCH |
| 12 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GREEN'S ROAD FIRE |
| 30 July 2012 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SOUTH 2668 GRASS FIRE |
| 15 July 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CAMPFIRE |
| 14 July 2019 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WADSWORTH GRASS FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wadsworth in 8 storm reports between 1998 and 2014: 3 funnel cloud, 2 tornado, 1 flash flood, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wadsworth | $15,000 | Barn and powerpoles blown down. |
| February 1998 | Hail | Wadsworth | $5,000 | no account filed |
| October 2014 | Funnel Cloud | Wadsworth | - | A brief funnel cloud was sighted at Highway 60 just south of Highway 521. |
| June 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Wadsworth | - | Spotter reported brief tornado east of Wadsworth. The tornado caused minimal damage to pasture land. |
| May 2007 | Funnel Cloud | Wadsworth | - | Funnel cloud sighted on FM 521. |
| September 2003 | Funnel Cloud | Wadsworth | - | Funnel cloud reported near the intersection of FM 521 and Hwy 60. |
| June 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Wadsworth | - | No damage; brief touchdown. |
| September 1998 | Flash Flood | Wadsworth | - | Flooding from T.S. Frances. Damage included in previous report. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1370715. 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.