BlockAllen Point, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Honey Grove census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75446. The Survey maps it on the Selfs quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1903 USGS Paris quadrangle1:125000
- 1947 USGS Honey Grove quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Honey Grove quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Selfs quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Paris quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Paris quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
105 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 105 fires within 5 miles of Allen Point between 2001 and 2020, burning about 1,050 acres in total. 2 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 | 46 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR2870 |
| 20 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 20 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 20 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 13 September 2011 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GOLF COURSE ROAD FIRE |
| 5 August 2010 | Smoking | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 100 FIRE |
| 5 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 28 August 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | COMMERCE ST |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allens Chapel | 2.8 miles | 12 | |
| Selfs | 3.3 miles | 12 | |
| Honey Grove | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Pettigrew | 5.9 miles | 6 | |
| Spring Hill | 6.0 miles | 6 | |
| Carson | 6.5 miles | 6 | |
| White Rock | 6.9 miles | 12 | |
| Sash | 7.1 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1381310. 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.