BlockWatkins, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Cedar Creek Lake census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75103. The Survey maps it on the Cedarvale quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 10 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 Dallas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Cedarvale quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
49 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Watkins between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,047 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 1255 |
| 5 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 2909 |
| 10 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 1 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 243 |
| 8 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 108 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 341 |
| 8 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2010-321 |
| 8 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | NONE |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379243. 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.