BlockBounce, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Midland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79706. The Survey maps it on the Southwest Midland 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 Pecos quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Pecos quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Southwest Midland quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Odessa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
64 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Bounce between 2005 and 2017, burning about 6,170 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 | 28 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2010 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BULL RANCH FIRE |
| 10 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | L.M. CONNER |
| 21 August 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DARLE VVELTA FIRE |
| 1 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 400 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 26 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DAYS INN FIRE |
| 22 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 16 July 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | J&B FIRE |
| 16 July 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRIZELL 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warfield | 3.8 miles | 8 | |
| Sandy Acres | 4.4 miles | 9 | |
| Ridgeheights | 5.1 miles | 9 | |
| Midland | 5.3 miles | 9 | |
| Cotton Flat | 5.5 miles | 9 | |
| Corner Windmill | 8.2 miles | 8 | |
| Chub | 8.9 miles | 6 | |
| Germania | 14.0 miles | 9 |
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 Q122598658 | 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 1378039. 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.