BlockWorthing, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Hallettsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77964. It stands on Smothers Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wied quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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.
- 1953 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Wied quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Cuero quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
50 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Worthing between 2004 and 2011, burning about 115 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 27 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HALLETTSVILLE KC PARK |
| 22 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 11 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JAHN GF |
| 29 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 15 August 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 13 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | LCRA SUBSTATION 1 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Worthing in 3 storm reports between 2014 and 2024: 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2024 | Hail | Worthing | - | A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail west of Hallettsville. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Worthing | - | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 70 mph that knocked numerous trees and branches in Worthing. |
| April 2014 | Hail | Worthing | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mont | 2.2 miles | 9 | |
| Wied | 2.8 miles | 9 | |
| Williamsburg | 3.4 miles | 8 | |
| Hallettsville | 4.4 miles | 8 | |
| Mount Olive | 4.7 miles | 9 | |
| Sweet Home | 5.6 miles | 9 | |
| Good Hope | 6.7 miles | 8 | |
| Witting | 7.0 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379294. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.