BlockBleiblerville, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Industry census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78944. It stands on Rocky Branch. The Survey maps it on the Welcome quadrangle. It stands 371 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1930 USGS Brenham quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Brenham quadrangle1:62500
- 1963 USGS Welcome quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1993 USGS Brenham quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
9 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Bleiblerville between 2009 and 2017, burning about 20 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MUTUAL AID GIVEN |
| 14 August 2011 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BELLVILLE/ GLAZEAR |
| 30 June 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 109 AUSTIN COUNTY |
| 16 February 2013 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SCHROEDER RD GRASS FIRE |
| 5 November 2011 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE (INDUSTRY VFD) |
| 4 November 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 9800 OIL FIELD |
| 28 October 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | OLD NELSONVILLE |
| 17 October 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BELLVILLE/ BURLESON |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Bleiblerville: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sulfur, Halite, Limestone, Ultra Pure. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brenham Dome Prospect | Sulfur, Halite, Limestone, Ultra Pure | Occurrence | Halite |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Welcome | 2.6 miles | 10 | |
| Nelsonville | 3.2 miles | 10 | |
| Industry | 3.8 miles | 9 | |
| Wehdem | 5.4 miles | 10 | |
| New Bremen | 6.2 miles | 10 | |
| Rock House | 6.7 miles | 9 | |
| Rockhouse | 6.7 miles | 9 | |
| Post Oak Point | 6.9 miles | 9 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Bleiblerville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4925951 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1330860. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.