BlockBriary, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Burlington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76570. The Survey maps it on the Rosebud quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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 Waco quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Rosebud quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Marlin quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
12 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Briary between 2005 and 2017, burning about 366 acres in total. None 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 | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
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 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2016-122 |
| 6 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 July 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 300 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BAILEYVILLE |
| 11 June 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2016-076 |
| 31 May 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 2 December 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 19 December 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2011-021 |
| 8 January 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Clarkson | 2.8 miles | 7 | |
| Baileyville | 3.4 miles | 7 | |
| Clarkson | 3.8 miles | 7 | |
| Burlington | 5.9 miles | 7 | |
| Jones Prairie | 6.4 miles | 7 | |
| Ben Arnold | 7.6 miles | 7 | |
| Crossroads | 7.7 miles | 7 | |
| Belmena | 9.4 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379456. 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.