BlockWinscott, Texas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Fort Worth census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76126. The Survey maps it on the Cresson quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 17 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.
- 1891 USGS Weatherford quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Weatherford quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Cresson quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Cresson quadrangle1:62500
- 1985 USGS Fort Worth quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
32 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Winscott between 2005 and 2018, burning about 3,564 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PERFORMANCE LN. |
| 29 August 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | MCDANIEL |
| 19 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JOHNSON COUNTY |
| 18 August 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CRESSON FIRE |
| 14 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SKYLINE |
| 11 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CRESSON FIRE |
| 10 August 2012 | Natural | 70 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SMOKE ODOR |
| 2 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CROSSTIE FIRE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boss | 2.2 miles | 17 | |
| Wheatland | 4.2 miles | 17 | |
| Plover | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Lake Shore Estates | 6.2 miles | 15 | |
| Saint Francis Village | 6.4 miles | 12 | |
| Primrose | 7.2 miles | 12 | |
| Benbrook | 9.3 miles | 15 | |
| Crowley | 10.0 miles | 14 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122573514 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379287. 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.