BlockAdams, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Eldorado East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76935. The Survey maps it on the Adams quadrangle. It stands 2,300 feet above sea level.
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.
- 1893 USGS Fort McKavett quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Sonora quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sonora quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Adams quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Sonora quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Sonora quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
12 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Adams between 2006 and 2020, burning about 540 acres in total. 3 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 | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 2015 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PAT JACKSON |
| 26 August 2006 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 22 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TISDALE |
| 1 July 2018 | Natural | 80 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CALCOAT |
| 22 June 2017 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DOVE CREEK FIRE |
| 18 June 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 215 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ROCKING R |
| 18 June 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CO. ROAD 350 & TOE NAIL ACCIDENT |
| 14 June 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TWIN BUTTES |
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.
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.
| Wikipedia article on Adams | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4680268 | 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 1379315. 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.