BlockBluntzer, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Corpus Christi West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78380. The Survey maps it on the San Patricio quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveysMatched 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.
- 1950 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Orange Grove quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS San Patricio quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
15 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Bluntzer between 2003 and 2018, burning about 602 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 4710 CINDY |
| 22 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM66 @ CR44 |
| 15 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | OAK LANE |
| 11 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 12 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM1833 |
| 29 June 2011 | Smoking | 500 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FOUR SIX FIRE |
| 27 June 2011 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 70 @ FM 3088 |
| 14 June 2011 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WAR BONNET1 |
| 20 May 2018 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 18-113 |
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 Bluntzer: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calallen Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel, Sand |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Escondidas | 4.0 miles | 8 | |
| Sandy Hollow | 4.7 miles | 8 | |
| Banquete | 6.3 miles | 8 | |
| Rancho Banquete | 6.6 miles | 8 | |
| Rabb | 6.9 miles | 8 | |
| North San Pedro | 8.4 miles | 13 | |
| Five Points | 8.6 miles | 13 | |
| Calallen | 8.7 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378024. 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.