BlockBob Town, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Bryson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76458. The Survey maps it on the Senate quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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.
- 1954 USGS Wichita Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Wichita Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Senate quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Graham quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
96 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of Bob Town between 2005 and 2018, burning about 8,338 acres in total. 3 started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 37 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 30 |
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 24 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 21 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 18 September 2013 | Fireworks | 92 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ARMSTRONG ROAD FIRE |
| 13 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LEWIS FIRE |
| 4 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 August 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 22 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | 2.4 miles | 8 | |
| Bryson | 2.5 miles | 8 | |
| Jermyn | 7.3 miles | 8 | |
| Bartons Chapel | 8.8 miles | 8 | |
| Jacksboro | 10.2 miles | 9 | |
| Lynn Creek | 13.5 miles | 8 | |
| Maryetta | 16.7 miles | 7 | |
| Perrin | 16.9 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2034965. 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.