BlockBell Branch, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Italy census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76651. It stands on Bell Branch. The Survey maps it on the Italy quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 10 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 Dallas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Italy quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Corsicana quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
35 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Bell Branch between 2006 and 2017, burning about 285 acres in total. 2 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 | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 009-181 |
| 22 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 012-213 |
| 12 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 011-197 |
| 11 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 012-203 |
| 31 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 13 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 12 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 46 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | REYROSA RANCH FIRE |
| 23 July 2017 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1580 N HWY 77 FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bell Branch in 2 storm reports between 2015 and 2022: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2022 | Flash Flood | Bell Branch | - | Bee Creek Road near FM 66 was closed due to high water. |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Bell Branch | - | Amateur radio reported water was entering homes in Italy. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Five Points | 2.7 miles | 11 | |
| Lumkins | 3.2 miles | 9 | |
| Forreston | 3.3 miles | 9 | |
| Boz | 4.5 miles | 11 | |
| Italy | 4.6 miles | 10 | |
| Plum Grove | 4.7 miles | 10 | |
| Nelson | 6.1 miles | 9 | |
| Nash | 6.2 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1377983. 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.