BlockBillington, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Prairie Hill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76624. The Survey maps it on the Axtell 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.
- 1920 USGS Mart quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Axtell quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Mexia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
113 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 113 fires within 5 miles of Billington between 2005 and 2020, burning about 829 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 | 41 |
| Debris and open burning | 37 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TRASH BURNING |
| 5 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | LAWNMOWER GRASS FIRE |
| 26 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 25 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LANDMOWER CAUSE FIRE |
| 15 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 12 September 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 11 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TRUCK FIRE |
| 11 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Billington in 5 storm reports between 2010 and 2015: 2 flash flood, 2 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2015 | Flash Flood | Billington | $50,000 | Several county roads across the northern portions of the county were covered in water after several hours of rainfall. |
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Billington | $10,000 | Siding and roof damage was reported to a building along CR 120. |
| December 2015 | Flash Flood | Billington | - | Several roads were closed across the county after several inches of rain fell in a few hours. Some areas that had closures were Tehuacana, Mexia, Thornton, & Groesbeck. |
| December 2015 | Flood | Billington | - | Several roads and areas near creeks and streams remained flooded across the county after several hours of rain. |
| October 2015 | Flood | Billington | - | Several county roads remained closed after approximately 5-15 inches of rain fell across the county. The heaviest rains fell over the northern half of the county. Some additional roads had to be closed well after the rain had ended as runoff resulted in rising waters in some areas. Many creeks and streams also remained out of their banks flooding surrounding locations. |
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 Q122561125 | 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 2034614. 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.