BlockAlexander, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Duffau-Clairette census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76446. It stands on Cottonwood Creek. The Survey maps it on the Alexander quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1890 USGS Stephenville quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1920 USGS Stephenville quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Alexander quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Stephenville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
97 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 97 fires within 5 miles of Alexander between 2005 and 2020, burning about 2,882 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 6 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 | 36 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 32 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE CR 472 |
| 8 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 6 EAST GRASS FIRE |
| 28 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 21 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 284 GRASS FIRE |
| 29 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 296 GRASS FIRE |
| 28 August 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 24 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 284 GRASS FIRE |
| 2 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Alexander in 3 storm reports between 1994 and 2006: 2 tornado, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1994 | Tornado (F0) | Alexander | $50,000 | A brief tornado touchdown destroyed a barn. |
| December 2006 | Tornado (F1) | Alexander | $25,000 | Several residents reported seeing a tornado near Alexander. A local dairy was destroyed, as was a barn. Damage to fences and trees was also reported. Numerous cows were killed. |
| April 1994 | Hail | Alexander | - | Hail 0.75-inch to baseball-size fell for 12 minutes. |
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 Alexander | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4718115 | 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 1329346. 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.