BlockBecton, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Idalou census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79250. The Survey maps it on the Heckville quadrangle. It stands 3,255 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
3 surveys from 7 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 Lubbock quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1965 USGS Heckville quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Lubbock quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
10 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Becton between 2006 and 2016, burning about 1,030 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 June 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 10 May 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 3 April 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 28 April 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 2 March 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 19 March 2011 | Natural | 800 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE/TREE FIRE |
| 10 March 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 1 March 2006 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
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.
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 Becton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4878933 | 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 1379401. 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.