BlockAsia, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Corrigan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75939. The Survey maps it on the Corrigan quadrangle. It stands 253 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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 Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS New Willard quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Corrigan quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Livingston quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Livingston quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
43 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Asia between 1992 and 2018, burning about 812 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 5 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 | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 860 |
| 6 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 2013 | Natural | 89 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 8065 |
| 5 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 242 |
| 4 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 324 |
| 28 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corrigan | 2.2 miles | 13 | |
| Snow Hill | 3.2 miles | 13 | |
| Pleasant Hill | 3.9 miles | 11 | |
| Skinner Town | 4.3 miles | 11 | |
| Carmona | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Moscow | 6.3 miles | 13 | |
| Pluck | 6.7 miles | 14 | |
| Wakefield | 7.2 miles | 11 |
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 Asia | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q55315773 | 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 2034867. 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.