Blix, Texas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Pollok census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75904. It stands on Big Bend Slough. The Survey maps it on the Keltys quadrangle.

Blix within Angelina County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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.

1949 USGS Keltys quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1950 USGS Keltys quadrangle1:24000
1953 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1957 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000
1984 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1986 USGS Lufkin quadrangle1:100000
1992 USGS Lufkin quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

86 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 86 fires within 5 miles of Blix between 1995 and 2020, burning about 897 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 9 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	41
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	13
Natural	10
Arson/incendiarism	9
Equipment and vehicle use	5
Power generation/transmission/distribution	4
Smoking	2
Recreation and ceremony	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
9 September 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	GRASS FIRE PEAVY SWITCH
7 September 2011	Arson/incendiarism	8.2 acres	National Forests And Grasslands In Texas	WOMACK #2
7 September 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	235 acres	Livingston Area	WOMACK ROAD FIRE
22 September 2005	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	WOODVILLE - 256
19 September 2020	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	TRINITY 18:54
19 September 2015	Equipment and vehicle use	69 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	7111
18 September 2011	Natural	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	BOLT CUTTER
10 September 2011	Arson/incendiarism	1.2 acres	National Forests And Grasslands In Texas	NIGTON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Angelina 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Granville	1.9 miles	11
Peavy	3.7 miles	11
Renova (historical)	4.6 miles	11
Burke	5.6 miles	11
Providence	5.7 miles	11
Hudson	6.3 miles	11
Rutland	6.5 miles	11
Diboll	6.9 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1381460. 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.