Westcott, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Shepherd-Evergreen census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77371. The Survey maps it on the Westcott quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 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 Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Westcott quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Conroe quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
219 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 219 fires within 5 miles of Westcott between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,920 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 32 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 | 127 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 49 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 32 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 3109 CHERRY CREEK EAST |
| 6 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2891 FM 2666 |
| 5 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 3 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 500 BLOCK SHERWOOD |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strington | 5.1 miles | 13 | |
| Napier | 5.4 miles | 12 | |
| Shepherd | 6.5 miles | 13 | |
| Lake Tejas | 6.6 miles | 13 | |
| Lake Water Wheel | 8.4 miles | 13 | |
| Liberty Hill | 8.7 miles | 13 | |
| Oak Grove | 9.1 miles | 13 | |
| Magnolia | 9.1 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380761. 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.




