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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.

Westcott within San Jacinto County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 12 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

219 since 1992

Regional 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 burning127
Missing data/not specified/undetermined49
Arson/incendiarism32
Natural3
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Fireworks1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
8 September 2009Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service3109 CHERRY CREEK EAST
6 September 1997Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
5 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2891 FM 2666
5 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
5 September 1993Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
30 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
3 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
3 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service500 BLOCK SHERWOOD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Jacinto 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
Strington5.1 miles13
Napier5.4 miles12
Shepherd6.5 miles13
Lake Tejas6.6 miles13
Lake Water Wheel8.4 miles13
Liberty Hill8.7 miles13
Oak Grove9.1 miles13
Magnolia9.1 miles13

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.