BlockWoodsons, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Alpine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79834. The Survey maps it on the Reed Camp quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1903 USGS Chisos Mountains quadrangle1:125000
- 1905 USGS Chisos Mountains quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Emory Peak quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Emory Peak quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Reed Camp quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Chisos Mountains quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
7 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Woodsons between 1997 and 2019, burning about 790 acres in total. 1 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 | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Big Bend National Park | JEWELS |
| 30 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Big Bend National Park | DOMINGUEZ SIGNAL |
| 7 April 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 88 acres | Big Bend National Park | JEWEL |
| 3 March 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 562 acres | Big Bend National Park | JOHNSON RANCH |
| 18 March 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 19 acres | Big Bend National Park | JEWEL |
| 1 February 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | 84 acres | Big Bend National Park | REED CAMP |
| 16 November 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 37 acres | Big Bend National Park | LOOP |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pettits | 0.8 miles | 0 | |
| Pantera | 5.0 miles | 0 | |
| Talley | 6.1 miles | 0 | |
| Sierra Chino | 6.7 miles | 11 | |
| Solis Landing | 10.4 miles | 12 | |
| Buenos Aires | 10.7 miles | 11 | |
| Solis | 11.0 miles | 12 | |
| Comptons | 12.7 miles | 12 |
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 Q122547405 | 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 1380801. 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.