BlockWilliams, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Cleveland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77327. It lies near Red Gully. The Survey maps it on the Cleveland quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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 Cleveland quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Conroe quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Cleveland quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
153 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 153 fires within 5 miles of Williams between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,037 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 6 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 | 113 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | NA |
| 5 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 75 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 392 |
| 4 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 28 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.5 acres | National Forests And Grasslands In Texas | not named |
| 22 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRUSH GRASS FIRE |
| 22 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 21 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS & WOODS |
| 20 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRUSH GRASS FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Williams: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Sand |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gladstell | 0.5 miles | 12 | |
| East River | 1.0 miles | 13 | |
| Snuff Ridge | 1.8 miles | 12 | |
| Nimrod | 1.9 miles | 12 | |
| Grace | 2.0 miles | 12 | |
| Bendetsen | 2.6 miles | 12 | |
| Grady | 3.7 miles | 12 | |
| North Cleveland | 3.8 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1381276. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.