BlockAustonio, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Porter Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75835. It stands on Blackhouse Creek. The Survey maps it on the Austonio quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1953 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Austonio quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Crockett quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
72 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Austonio between 1993 and 2020, burning about 992 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 2 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 | 33 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 5 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 153 |
| 24 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 22 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 2 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JEFF OWENS |
| 16 September 2019 | Natural | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HOUSTON 17:47 |
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 Austonio: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austonio Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ash | 2.9 miles | 10 | |
| Mapleton | 3.5 miles | 10 | |
| Cooper | 5.0 miles | 9 | |
| Pearsons Chapel | 5.6 miles | 9 | |
| Vistula | 5.6 miles | 11 | |
| Sand Ridge | 5.9 miles | 11 | |
| Porter Springs | 6.1 miles | 10 | |
| Mustang Prairie (historical) | 6.9 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1384224. 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.