BlockBlair, Texas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Merkel census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79536. It lies near Blowout Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Merkel West 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.
- 1893 USGS Sweetwater quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Big Spring quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Merkel quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Big Spring quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Merkel West quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Sweetwater quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
86 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 86 fires within 5 miles of Blair between 2005 and 2020, burning about 2,353 acres in total. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 29 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 263 1/2 GRASS FIRE |
| 7 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 264CM GRASS FIRE |
| 6 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 354 FIRE |
| 3 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 266WB GRASS FIRES |
| 3 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 264 GRASS FIRE |
| 3 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 18 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 267 GRASS FIRES |
| 9 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 250 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BAKER FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Blair in 1 storm report in 2012: 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2012 | Hail | Blair | - | no account filed |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378016. 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.