BlockBellco, Texas
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Shamrock census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79079. It stands on Huselby Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pond Creek quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 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 Amarillo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Amarillo quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Pond Creek quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Shamrock quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
17 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Bellco between 2005 and 2019, burning about 135,831 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 August 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 672019 |
| 8 June 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 300 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 3 & FM 2473 |
| 7 June 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WEST KELLERVILLE 2 |
| 6 June 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MCCLELLAN CREEK FIRE |
| 21 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 492019 |
| 18 June 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CHEVRON (JOHNSON) |
| 27 May 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SIDWELL |
| 24 April 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kellerville | 0.7 miles | 5 | |
| Magic City | 7.1 miles | 6 | |
| Pakan | 7.8 miles | 6 | |
| Mobeetie | 9.8 miles | 5 | |
| New Mobeetie | 11.0 miles | 5 | |
| Wheeler | 13.4 miles | 6 | |
| Ramsdell | 13.5 miles | 5 | |
| Lela | 13.8 miles | 6 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122558529 | 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 1379404. 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.