Blanton, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Ballinger census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76821. The Survey maps it on the Benoit quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 11 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.
- 1892 USGS Ballinger quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Brownwood quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1967 USGS Benoit quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Coleman quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
27 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Blanton between 2006 and 2020, burning about 827 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 1 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 | 18 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | BALLINGER TERR. POWER LINE SPARK |
| 8 August 2017 | Debris and open burning | 14 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | EDMONDSON 2 FIRE |
| 6 August 2017 | Natural | 7.8 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | EDMONDSON FIRE |
| 21 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CAMPBELL FIRE 3 |
| 20 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.7 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CAMPBELL FIRE |
| 20 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CAMPBELL FIRE 2 |
| 17 August 2017 | Natural | 5.1 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HALFMANN FIRE |
| 17 August 2017 | Natural | 26 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GLASS FIRE |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378018. 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.



