BlockWaterwood, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Point Blank census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77320. It stands on Pools Creek. The Survey maps it on the Carlisle quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1954 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Carlisle quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
73 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Waterwood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 738 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 11 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 | 41 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 28 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 197 |
| 25 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 24 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 21 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 115 |
| 2 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CASTEBERRY |
| 12 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ONALASKA FALLEN OAKS |
| 11 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 8081 |
| 1 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | ADI CHROMES |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Staley | 3.1 miles | 12 | |
| Darby Hill | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| Pointblank | 5.2 miles | 13 | |
| Palmetto Park | 6.3 miles | 13 | |
| Oakhurst | 7.1 miles | 13 | |
| Snow Hill | 7.8 miles | 13 | |
| Stephen Creek | 9.2 miles | 13 | |
| Willow Springs | 10.7 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2035008. 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.