BlockBlack Hill, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Pleasanton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78114. The Survey maps it on the Leal quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1953 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Pleasanton quadrangle1:62500
- 1961 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Leal quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Pleasanton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
46 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Black Hill between 2006 and 2018, burning about 1,816 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | VERDI RD |
| 25 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BLACKHILL |
| 21 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RANDY REED |
| 14 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WITTEN RD |
| 5 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LITTLE #1 |
| 25 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LEAL RD |
| 21 August 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 75 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | IRON OAK FIRE |
| 20 August 2014 | Smoking | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | IRON OAK #2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Verdi | 5.5 miles | 9 | |
| Coughran | 5.9 miles | 9 | |
| Leal | 5.9 miles | 8 | |
| Pleasanton | 8.4 miles | 9 | |
| McCoy | 9.3 miles | 10 | |
| Leming | 10.0 miles | 9 | |
| Las Gallinas | 11.9 miles | 9 | |
| Espey | 11.9 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379424. 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.