BlockWatts, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Luling census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78648. It stands on Copperas Creek. The Survey maps it on the McMahan quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1911 USGS San Marcos quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1919 USGS San Marcos quadrangle1:125000
- 1925 USGS San Marcos 1-d quadrangle1:48000
- 1930 USGS Lockhart quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS McMahan quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
67 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Watts between 1993 and 2020, burning about 568 acres in total. 1 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 | 26 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2014 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 9479 OLD COLONYLINE RD |
| 5 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CATFISH LN |
| 4 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TWIDWELL FIRE |
| 30 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 24 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MULE CREEK ROAD FIRE |
| 24 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | NORTH SOUTH OIL |
| 6 August 2013 | Smoking | 1.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | OAK GROVE COMMAND |
| 3 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 1322 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brownsboro | 2.9 miles | 15 | |
| Tilmon | 2.9 miles | 15 | |
| Soda Springs | 3.1 miles | 16 | |
| McNeil | 3.5 miles | 16 | |
| Seawillow | 5.0 miles | 15 | |
| Joliet | 6.0 miles | 15 | |
| Mineral Springs (historical) | 6.1 miles | 15 | |
| Luling | 6.8 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379245. 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.