BlockBlack Point, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Woodsboro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78340. The Survey maps it on the Rincon Bend quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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 Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Woodsboro quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Rincon Bend quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
21 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Black Point (historical) between 2008 and 2019, burning about 106 acres in total. None 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 | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DEVERS FIRE |
| 30 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DELANEY/COPANO BAY DR. |
| 21 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 136 & 1360 |
| 5 July 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | POST FIREWORKS |
| 18 July 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ROLAND |
| 10 July 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GREY FIRE |
| 10 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1360 STEINDORF |
| 9 June 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FRANKE/FM 2511 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayside | 2.4 miles | 9 | |
| Old Saint Marys | 2.9 miles | 9 | |
| Bonnie View | 6.0 miles | 8 | |
| Cranell | 9.0 miles | 8 | |
| Woodsboro | 10.9 miles | 8 | |
| Refugio | 15.1 miles | 8 | |
| Quintana | 18.9 miles | 9 | |
| Ryanville | 22.1 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2034947. 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.