BlockWeesatche, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Weesatche-Ander census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77993. It stands on Cow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Weesatche quadrangle. It stands 233 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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.
- 1953 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Weesatche quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Goliad quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
26 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Weesatche between 2006 and 2018, burning about 294 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 | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 09042011-ROBERT HANNES |
| 3 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 034-14 |
| 3 September 2011 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GOLIAD FIRE |
| 3 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 09032011-ROBERT HANNES |
| 8 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 08082011-FIRE ON 183/119 |
| 5 July 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 029-14 |
| 16 July 2018 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CODY GEFFERT |
| 29 June 2017 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JORDAN LASSMAN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Weesatche in 9 storm reports between 1994 and 2017: 6 hail, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1994 | Hail | Weesatche | $50,000 | The public reported golf ball-sized hail near Weesatche at 2010 CST. At 2015 CST the public reported golf ball-sized hail at Fannin near Coleto Creek. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Weesatche | $5,000 | Goliad County Sheriff's Office reported a large tree down on Weise Road. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Weesatche | - | Golf ball sized hail occurred at the Duderstadt Garage in Weesatche. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Weesatche | - | Public report of roof damage and semi-truck overturned near Ander. |
| February 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Weesatche | - | NWS Spotter report of strong thunderstorm wind. |
| April 1997 | Hail | Weesatche | - | Sheriff report of golfball sized hail. |
| June 1998 | Hail | Weesatche | - | no account filed |
| March 1998 | Hail | Weesatche | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Weesatche | - | 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.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Weesatche | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7979618 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1370987. 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.