BlockAdams, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Paris census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75462. The Survey maps it on the Blossom quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1953 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Blossom quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Paris quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Paris quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
178 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 178 fires within 5 miles of Adams between 2005 and 2020, burning about 976 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 4 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 | 98 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 24 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 3201 LEWIS LANE |
| 6 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 42600 |
| 5 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1300 FITZUGH |
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1354 CLEMENT |
| 24 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 513 NE 17TH |
| 2 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 4200 CLARKSVILLE |
| 2 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 18 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MADEWELL RD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Adams in 1 storm report in 2016: 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 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Adams | $8,000 | Roof damage due to thunderstorm winds was reported along Highway 195 between Paris and Faught. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379316. 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.