BlockWhitman, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Washington-Chappell Hill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77833. The Survey maps it on the Daniels quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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 Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Hempstead quadrangle1:62500
- 1961 USGS Daniels quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Brenham quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
84 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 84 fires within 5 miles of Whitman between 2006 and 2020, burning about 179 acres in total. 3 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 | 58 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 30 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PALESTINE RD |
| 19 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PALESTINE RD |
| 13 September 2019 | Smoking | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PALESTINE RD FIRE |
| 13 September 2019 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PALESTINE RD |
| 7 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GREEN TREE TRASH FIRE |
| 7 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | JOHNSON |
| 4 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goodwill | 3.0 miles | 8 | |
| Daniels | 3.5 miles | 8 | |
| Earlywine | 3.8 miles | 9 | |
| Sandy Hill | 5.1 miles | 10 | |
| Wiedeville | 5.4 miles | 9 | |
| William Penn | 5.6 miles | 10 | |
| Brown College | 5.7 miles | 8 | |
| Graball | 6.0 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2034814. 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.