BlockBonita Junction, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Nacogdoches census division. It stands on Toliver Branch. The Survey maps it on the Nacogdoches North quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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 Nacogdoches quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Nacogdoches North quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Nacogdoches quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Nacogdoches quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
165 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 165 fires within 5 miles of Bonita Junction between 1992 and 2020, burning about 746 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 19 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 | 91 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 60 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 509 |
| 4 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 28 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 13104 |
| 27 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 25 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 564 |
| 15 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 12 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODS FIRE |
| 9 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 7066 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Redfield | 2.1 miles | 12 | |
| Nacogdoches | 3.2 miles | 13 | |
| Orton Hill | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Central Heights | 3.9 miles | 12 | |
| Fredonia Hill | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Hayward Junction | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Appleby | 5.6 miles | 12 | |
| Mahl | 5.8 miles | 12 |
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 Q122550259 | 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 1379442. 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.