BlockWhitehall, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Navasota census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77868. The Survey maps it on the Stoneham quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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
- 1961 USGS Stoneham quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Conroe quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
195 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 195 fires within 5 miles of Whitehall between 1993 and 2020, burning about 6,634 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 1 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 | 126 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 39 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | UNKNOWN |
| 6 September 2017 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2928 CR 306 |
| 6 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 136 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DOGWOOD GULCH FIRE |
| 6 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 191 |
| 5 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 2013 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | J. WIMBERLY FIRE |
| 4 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 5747 STONEHAM MEADOW |
| 4 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 93 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yarboro | 2.6 miles | 10 | |
| Lynn Grove | 3.3 miles | 10 | |
| Stoneham | 4.2 miles | 10 | |
| Courtney | 5.2 miles | 10 | |
| Pinebrook | 5.2 miles | 10 | |
| Plantersville | 6.3 miles | 11 | |
| Todd | 7.5 miles | 11 | |
| Todd Mission | 8.1 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379268. 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.