BlockAter, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Purmela-Levita census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76528. The Survey maps it on the Ater quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1888 USGS Meridian quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Meridian quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Ater quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Jonesboro quadrangle1:62500
- 1985 USGS Waco quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
132 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 132 fires within 5 miles of Ater between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,076 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 3 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 | 61 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 33 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 23 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LEVITA FIRE |
| 4 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 64 |
| 16 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 133 ADAMS LN |
| 16 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JOHNSON FIRE |
| 16 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 13 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | EVERGREEN CEMETERY FIRE |
| 12 September 2013 | Smoking | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 102 |
| 11 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1200 CR 174 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ater in 1 storm report in 2010: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ater | $500 | The local newspaper reported a few trees were down in Ater and were blocking roads. |
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 Ater | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q120962028 | 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 1379371. 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.
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.