BlockWatt, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Prairie Hill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76664. The Survey maps it on the Prairie Hill 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.
- 1920 USGS Mart quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Prairie Hill quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Mexia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
83 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 83 fires within 5 miles of Watt between 2005 and 2020, burning about 831 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 | 37 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 25 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 12 September 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 10 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 4 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2015-131 |
| 30 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 8302 |
| 28 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2019 08 28 BURN BAN VIOLATION |
| 2 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | TK PKWY IMPLEMENT FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Watt in 2 storm reports between 1996 and 2009: 1 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Watt | $8,000 | A barn was destroyed along Limestone County Road 312. Tree limbs and power lines were also down across the county. |
| April 1996 | Hail | Watt | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Billington | 3.3 miles | 8 | |
| Prairie Hill | 3.8 miles | 8 | |
| Victoria | 5.4 miles | 8 | |
| Delia | 6.5 miles | 8 | |
| Mustang | 7.0 miles | 8 | |
| Kirk | 8.0 miles | 7 | |
| Frosa | 8.6 miles | 8 | |
| Midway | 9.8 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1370943. 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.