BlockBancroft, Texas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Orange census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77630. It lies near Gum Gully. The Survey maps it on the Orangefield quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 16 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.
- 1943 USGS Orangefield quadrangle1:24000
- 1952 USGS Lake Charles quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Lake Charles quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Orangefield quadrangle1:24000, 7 printings
- 1957 USGS Orangefield quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Lake Charles quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
24 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Bancroft between 1998 and 2018, burning about 256 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 10 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 August 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 19 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 543 |
| 13 August 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 503 |
| 21 June 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 20 June 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 May 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 74 |
| 17 May 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ORANGE 14:37 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Bancroft: 4 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orange Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| R A Mann Bayon Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Alpha Portland Clay Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Orange Pit | Clay | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1329998. 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.