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Watsonville, Texas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Arlington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76001. The Survey maps it on the Mansfield quadrangle.

Watsonville within Tarrant County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 16 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

169 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 169 fires within 5 miles of Watsonville between 2005 and 2016, burning about 826 acres in total. None started naturally. 9 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined111
Debris and open burning20
Arson/incendiarism9
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking6
Recreation and ceremony5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Railroad operations and maintenance1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use30 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMANSFIELD FIRE
8 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceWALNUT CREEK FIRE
7 September 2012Smokingunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service287 FIRE
7 September 2009Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCALLENDER RD
4 September 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceHOLLAND RD
23 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceSPYGLASS FIRE
19 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceNEWT PATTERSON
7 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceNEWT PATTERSON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tarrant County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Sublett2.1 miles16
Bisbee2.8 miles16
Webb3.3 miles18
Mansfield3.6 miles16
Southland Acres4.3 miles18
Johnsons Station5.3 miles16
Kennedale5.4 miles16
Tate Springs5.6 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1349554. 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.