BlockBeyer Crossing, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Menard West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76859. It stands on Dry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Clear Creek Lake quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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 Llano quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Clear Creek Lake quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Mason quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Beyer Crossing between 2006 and 2011, burning about 201 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 April 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MUTUAL AID/MENARD CO./US190W/WADELL RD |
| 1 January 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | 200 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WEST ZONE SOUTH - 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fourmile Crossing | 3.4 miles | 8 | |
| Menard | 6.9 miles | 8 | |
| Fivemile Crossing | 11.0 miles | 9 | |
| Fort McKavett | 11.4 miles | 11 | |
| Tenmile Crossing | 15.2 miles | 9 | |
| Callan | 16.1 miles | 12 | |
| Hext | 20.6 miles | 7 | |
| Twentymile Crossing | 22.4 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379417. 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.