Brock Junction, Texas
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Weatherford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76066. It stands on Little Grindstone Creek. The Survey maps it on the Brock quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 18 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.
- 1891 USGS Weatherford quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Weatherford quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1931 USGS Dennis quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Brock quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Dennis quadrangle1:62500
- 1985 USGS Fort Worth quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
141 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 141 fires within 5 miles of Brock Junction between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,308 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 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 | 69 |
| Debris and open burning | 39 |
| Smoking | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PC TASK FORCE |
| 5 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GHOLSON ROAD |
| 2 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | OLD BROCK ROAD |
| 15 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 403 MM WB INTERSTATE 20 |
| 10 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GHOLSON ROAD FIRE |
| 9 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GREENWOOD FIRE |
| 6 August 2020 | Natural | 37 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GREENWOOD RD |
| 27 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Brock Junction: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bennett Plant | Clay | Producer | ||
| Abandoned Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Industrial Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brock | 2.0 miles | 18 | |
| Millsap | 4.2 miles | 20 | |
| Bennett | 5.0 miles | 20 | |
| Preble | 5.4 miles | 18 | |
| Fox | 5.5 miles | 18 | |
| Maxwell Crossing | 5.7 miles | 18 | |
| Stephens Crossing | 5.8 miles | 18 | |
| Dennis | 6.0 miles | 18 |
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 Q122540795 | 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 1378051. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.







