BlockBig Hill, Texas
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Thornton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76642. The Survey maps it on the Odds 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 Waco quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Odds quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Marlin quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
42 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Big Hill between 2006 and 2020, burning about 774 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2009 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 339 AND LCR 616 GRASS FIRE |
| 3 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 903201603 |
| 6 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 80601 |
| 6 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 80 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LCR 623 |
| 3 August 2008 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 214 |
| 27 August 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 18 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 3014 |
| 15 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 81501 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Elm | 2.7 miles | 6 | |
| Pleasant Grove | 3.4 miles | 6 | |
| Buffalo Mop | 3.5 miles | 6 | |
| Ben Hur | 4.1 miles | 7 | |
| Odds | 4.6 miles | 6 | |
| Lavender | 4.7 miles | 7 | |
| Coit | 5.8 miles | 6 | |
| Midway | 6.0 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379418. 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.