BlockBlox, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Jasper census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75951. It stands on Fourmile Creek. The Survey maps it on the Jasper East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1952 USGS Lake Charles quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Lake Charles quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Roganville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Jasper East quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS DeRidder quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
278 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 278 fires within 5 miles of Blox between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,068 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 22 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 | 150 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 56 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 22 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 192 |
| 7 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | R2011-09-09 |
| 30 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 8059 |
| 30 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | R2011-09-80 |
| 3 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 221 |
| 26 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 28 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 8089 |
| 24 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 8087 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Blox: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silica. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Blox | 0.8 miles | 9 | |
| Collins | 1.9 miles | 9 | |
| Jasper | 3.9 miles | 9 | |
| Harrisburg | 5.2 miles | 9 | |
| Huff Creek | 5.3 miles | 9 | |
| Curtis | 6.0 miles | 13 | |
| Horton | 6.7 miles | 9 | |
| Sam Rayburn | 7.0 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379433. 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.