BlockBarton, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Calvert census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77837. The Survey maps it on the Calvert quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
3 surveys from 8 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 Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Calvert quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1993 USGS Bryan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
41 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Barton between 2005 and 2020, burning about 569 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | W. KEZEE |
| 8 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | STROUD FIRE |
| 6 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 26 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 22 August 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | MESQUITE @ COTTONWOOD |
| 29 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | W. GARRITT |
| 2 July 2013 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DONALD JOHNSON FIRE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marvin | 0.6 miles | 8 | |
| Calvert Junction | 2.1 miles | 8 | |
| Goodland | 3.5 miles | 8 | |
| Port Sullivan | 3.8 miles | 7 | |
| Calvert | 4.5 miles | 8 | |
| Seger | 4.7 miles | 7 | |
| Valley Junction | 6.7 miles | 7 | |
| Hearne | 6.9 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379393. 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.