BlockBelfalls, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the East Bell census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76579. The Survey maps it on the Belfalls quadrangle. It stands 551 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1892 USGS Temple quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Belfalls quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Temple quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
17 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Belfalls between 2005 and 2018, burning about 388 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 2011 | Smoking | 200 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | STEAKLY |
| 8 August 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TROY MUT AID FM 935 |
| 5 August 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 August 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 July 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 60 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 483 DURANGO FIRE |
| 30 June 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DUMP GROUND FIRE |
| 27 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 463 |
| 23 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PREECE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Belfalls in 2 storm reports between 2005 and 2021: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Belfalls | $10,000 | Structural damage to a house. Also, a piece of tin was ripped off a barn, one power pole was broken at its base, and two trees were blown down across a road. |
| April 2021 | Hail | Belfalls | - | no account filed |
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 Belfalls | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q104852514 | 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 1351814. 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.