BlockAllenfarm, Texas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the South Brazos census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77868. It stands on Franks Creek. The Survey maps it on the Millican quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 14 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.
- 1913 USGS Millican quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
- 1914 USGS Navasota quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Millican quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1993 USGS Brenham quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
54 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Allenfarm between 2006 and 2020, burning about 224 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 32 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Natural | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ROSS FIRE |
| 7 August 2013 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | NEALS HIDEAWAY |
| 7 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 24988 FM 159 |
| 5 August 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 8373 HH MOORE FARMS |
| 23 August 2013 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 7575 BOB MOORE RD |
| 21 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 20 August 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | BURTON FIRE |
| 17 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | SCHILLER RANCH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Allenfarm: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gifford-Hill Navasota Plant No 23 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Allenfarm in 3 storm reports between 2002 and 2014: 1 tornado, 1 funnel cloud, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2002 | Tornado (F0) | Allenfarm | $5,000 | Tornado near Allenfarm at FM 159 and Highway 105. |
| June 2014 | Funnel Cloud | Allenfarm | - | A funnel cloud was sighted between Highway 6 and FM 159 between Navasota and College Station. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Allenfarm | - | The hail was reported on Highway 105. |
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 Allenfarm | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q114289348 | 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 1351007. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.