BlockBoonville, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the South Brazos census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77802. It stands on Sewer Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bryan East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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 Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Bryan quadrangle1:62500
- 1962 USGS Bryan East quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1993 USGS Bryan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
282 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 282 fires within 5 miles of Boonville between 1998 and 2020, burning about 717 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 128 |
| Debris and open burning | 46 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 44 |
| Smoking | 33 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 18 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Natural | 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 2015 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 15-5694 BOSWELL FIRE |
| 8 September 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 15-5687 HWY 158 FIRE |
| 7 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 11-0004464 HARVEY MITCHELL HOT SPOT |
| 5 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 12-0004513 MAPLE GRASS FIRE |
| 4 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 17-6142 EARL RUDDER FIRE |
| 3 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASSFIRE9-3-2015 |
| 27 September 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 12-0005003 BEE CREEK GRASS FIRE |
| 22 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 13-0005468 SH 6 GRASS 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bryan | 2.4 miles | 11 | |
| Steep Hollow | 2.5 miles | 11 | |
| Harvey | 2.8 miles | 11 | |
| College Station | 3.0 miles | 11 | |
| Spear | 4.8 miles | 10 | |
| Fairview | 6.0 miles | 10 | |
| Wixon Valley | 6.3 miles | 7 | |
| Reliance | 6.8 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379445. 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.