BlockBranton, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Rising Star census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76471. The Survey maps it on the Union Center quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 13 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.
- 1894 USGS Eastland quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Union Center quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Stephenville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
26 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Branton between 2006 and 2020, burning about 657 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CACTUS JULE |
| 28 August 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | WILDLIFE RIVER |
| 28 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COWBOY FIRE |
| 5 June 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODS FIRE |
| 28 June 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TURKEY |
| 18 June 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COX FIRE |
| 9 April 2009 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WILSON FIRE |
| 6 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 75 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 207 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Union Center | 0.2 miles | 13 | |
| Mountain Top | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Okra | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| Rising Star | 5.0 miles | 12 | |
| Romney | 5.0 miles | 13 | |
| Chuckville | 5.8 miles | 12 | |
| Sabanno | 6.8 miles | 8 | |
| Pleasant Hill | 7.1 miles | 13 |
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 Q122550902 | 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 1377183. 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.