BlockAlsdorf, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Ennis census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75119. It stands on Hare Prong. The Survey maps it on the Bristol quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1954 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Ennis quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Bristol quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Corsicana quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
49 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Alsdorf between 2006 and 2019, burning about 989 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 45 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JONES RD/FERRIS |
| 20 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 11 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 11 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | UNION HILL |
| 3 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 330 CHMELAR |
| 26 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 24 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 92 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ALSDORF |
| 22 August 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 12 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CHMELAR RD |
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.
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.
| Wikidata item Q1572819 | 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 1377929. 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.