Blevins, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Chilton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76524. The Survey maps it on the Belfalls quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 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 Temple quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Belfalls quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Temple quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
16 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Blevins between 2006 and 2019, burning about 406 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2011 | Smoking | 200 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | STEAKLY |
| 8 August 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TROY MUT AID FM 935 |
| 5 August 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 August 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 4 July 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 60 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 483 DURANGO FIRE |
| 27 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 463 |
| 16 May 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Blevins in 3 storm reports between 1997 and 2003: 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Blevins | $10,000 | Light poles at a baseball field blown down. |
| May 1997 | Hail | Blevins | - | Baseball to softball size hail was reported. |
| May 1997 | Hail | Blevins | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cego | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Durango | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| Dott | 5.2 miles | 14 | |
| Mooreville | 6.5 miles | 15 | |
| Chilton | 8.6 miles | 14 | |
| Westphalia | 8.7 miles | 13 | |
| Lott | 9.2 miles | 13 | |
| North Prairie | 10.5 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1352418. 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.




