BlockBeyersville, Texas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Taylor census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78615. It stands on Battleground Creek. The Survey maps it on the Thrall quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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.
- 1885 USGS Taylor quadrangle1:125000
- 1887 USGS Taylor quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Taylor quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1964 USGS Thrall quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Taylor quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
19 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Beyersville between 2006 and 2017, burning about 280 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 200 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MUTUAL AID THRALL ON GRASS FIRE |
| 17 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 17-8170017 |
| 26 June 2008 | Natural | 22 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 14 June 2008 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 14 June 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 23 May 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WCSO MA |
| 16 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | C.R. 456 MA |
| 15 March 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR432 GRASS FIRE |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122553031 | 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 1351993. 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.