BlockWakefield, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Corrigan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75939. The Survey maps it on the Wakefield quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1953 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Wakefield quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Lufkin quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Lufkin quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
50 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Wakefield between 1993 and 2019, burning about 541 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 12 were 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 | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 1993 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 860 |
| 4 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 641 |
| 15 September 2011 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 907 |
| 11 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | National Forests And Grasslands In Texas | C-116 FIRE |
| 10 September 1999 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wakefield in 1 storm report in 1994: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wakefield | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skinner Town | 4.7 miles | 11 | |
| Pleasant Hill | 6.5 miles | 11 | |
| Corrigan | 7.0 miles | 13 | |
| Asia | 7.2 miles | 13 | |
| Snow Hill | 7.4 miles | 13 | |
| Pluck | 7.7 miles | 14 | |
| Carmona | 9.9 miles | 13 | |
| Moscow | 12.8 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380731. 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.