BlockBarnes, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Livingston-Onalaska census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75936. The Survey maps it on the Camden 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.
- 1954 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Camden quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Camden quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Livingston quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Livingston quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
44 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Barnes between 1992 and 2019, burning about 522 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 7 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 | 23 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3.0 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 8069 |
| 9 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LIVINGSTON - 879 |
| 8 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.1 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 8079 |
| 7 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 2005 | Smoking | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 189 |
| 4 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 311 |
| 20 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 236 |
| 11 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | POLK 19:55 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Barnes in 2 storm reports between 2009 and 2013: 2 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2013 | Flash Flood | Barnes | $10,000 | Flooded roads were reported across western Polk County in and around the Livingston area. |
| May 2009 | Flash Flood | Barnes | $1,000 | FM 942 was reported closed at Hickman Creek due to high water. |
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 1379391. 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.