BlockAllison, Texas
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Granbury West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76462. It stands on Killing Branch. The Survey maps it on the Dennis quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 18 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.
- 1891 USGS Weatherford quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Weatherford quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1931 USGS Dennis quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Dennis quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Dennis quadrangle1:62500
- 1985 USGS Fort Worth quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
71 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Allison between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,945 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 | 42 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HAY BALER FIRE |
| 7 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FIRE GRASS |
| 19 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 18 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BOWDEN |
| 9 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 August 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | EVERGREEN CEMETERY RD |
| 3 August 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1188 WEST |
| 24 August 2009 | Natural | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HORSESHOE BEND |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lipan | 4.7 miles | 20 | |
| Oak Trail Shores | 7.7 miles | 19 | |
| Thorp Spring | 8.5 miles | 19 | |
| Fairview | 8.7 miles | 20 | |
| Center Mill | 10.5 miles | 20 | |
| Tolar | 10.7 miles | 18 | |
| Granbury | 11.2 miles | 19 | |
| Brazos Bend | 11.4 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1377924. 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.