BlockAdel, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Yoakum census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77995. The Survey maps it on the Yoakum 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
- 1963 USGS Yoakum quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Cuero quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
37 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Adel between 2005 and 2017, burning about 400 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DOUBLE P |
| 2 August 2009 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FLORES |
| 11 August 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ADKINS FIRE |
| 1 August 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | KREMLING FIRE |
| 26 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1198 CR 323 |
| 20 July 2009 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COUNTY ROAD 293 |
| 15 July 2008 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 June 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midway | 1.0 miles | 9 | |
| Mount Olive | 4.9 miles | 9 | |
| Sweet Home | 5.4 miles | 9 | |
| Shiner | 5.5 miles | 9 | |
| Wied | 8.7 miles | 9 | |
| Mont | 9.2 miles | 9 | |
| Worthing | 9.5 miles | 9 | |
| Koerth | 9.8 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379319. 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.