BlockBoise, Texas
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Adrian census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79001. The Survey maps it on the Boise quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 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 Tucumcari quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Tucumcari quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Boise quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Vega quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
37 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Boise between 2011 and 2020, burning about 3,109 acres in total. 6 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 | 23 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2019 | Natural | 654 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRIDWELL SOUTH FIRE |
| 2 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | INTERSTATE FIRE |
| 12 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HIGHWAY FIRE |
| 7 August 2019 | Natural | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 11MMBRIDWELL FIRE |
| 3 August 2019 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 14MM FIRE |
| 28 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | INTERSTATE FIRE |
| 11 August 2019 | Natural | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRIDWELL RANCH ASSIST |
| 6 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 7MM FIRE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gruhlkey | 7.1 miles | 6 | |
| Adrian | 11.1 miles | 6 | |
| Wimberly Place | 12.8 miles | 6 | |
| Landergin | 16.4 miles | 6 | |
| Vega | 22.9 miles | 6 | |
| Partwood Crossing | 23.1 miles | 6 | |
| Knoblaw | 23.2 miles | 7 | |
| Strip Crossing | 23.5 miles | 6 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Boise | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4938438 | 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 1379437. 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.