BlockWitco, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Big Lake census division. The Survey maps it on the Witco quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1920 USGS Big Lake quadrangle1:62500
- 1922 USGS Big Lake quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS San Angelo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS San Angelo quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS San Angelo quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Witco quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Big Lake quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
23 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Witco between 2006 and 2020, burning about 10,117 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 August 2020 | Natural | 1,184 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FERGUSON |
| 3 August 2019 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RAILROAD TRACKS |
| 1 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 200 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CHICO LANE |
| 22 June 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 686 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FERGUSON |
| 15 June 2019 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FERGUSON RANCH |
| 12 June 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FERGUSON RANCH |
| 11 June 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 250 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | REAGAN/IRION COUNTY LINE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Lake | 6.6 miles | 8 | |
| Best | 15.4 miles | 7 | |
| Four Corner Windmill | 16.4 miles | 7 | |
| Santa Rita (historical) | 17.2 miles | 7 | |
| Texon | 18.9 miles | 7 | |
| Stiles | 20.9 miles | 7 | |
| Crossroads | 31.5 miles | 7 |
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 Q122567000 | 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 1380797. 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.