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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.

Blanton within Runnels County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 11 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

27 since 2006

Regional 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/undetermined18
Natural4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Debris and open burning2
Arson/incendiarism1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceBALLINGER TERR. POWER LINE SPARK
8 August 2017Debris and open burning14 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceEDMONDSON 2 FIRE
6 August 2017Natural7.8 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceEDMONDSON FIRE
21 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCAMPBELL FIRE 3
20 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.7 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCAMPBELL FIRE
20 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined16 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCAMPBELL FIRE 2
17 August 2017Natural5.1 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHALFMANN FIRE
17 August 2017Natural26 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGLASS FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Runnels County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Benoit3.5 miles11
Hatchel4.6 miles13
Ballinger7.0 miles15
Valley View8.5 miles15
Crews9.2 miles12
Winters10.5 miles12
Bethel11.9 miles15
Norton14.0 miles15

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.