BlockBobville, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Montgomery census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77316. The Survey maps it on the Plantersville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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 Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Plantersville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Conroe quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
102 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 102 fires within 5 miles of Bobville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 937 acres in total. 4 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 | 59 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM1774 |
| 4 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 24 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | RILEY RD CROWN RANCH WILDFIRE |
| 24 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 37 |
| 21 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | KRUEGER |
| 21 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 16 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 16 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 24 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dobbin | 1.3 miles | 11 | |
| Gary | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Peel Junction | 4.4 miles | 14 | |
| Montgomery | 5.4 miles | 14 | |
| Dacus | 6.9 miles | 11 | |
| Keenan | 7.5 miles | 12 | |
| Karen | 7.6 miles | 12 | |
| Mostyn | 9.6 miles | 11 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122559555 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378025. 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.