BlockBrown, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Tarzan-Lenorah census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79713. The Survey maps it on the Knott quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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 Big Spring quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Big Spring quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Knott quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Big Spring quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
12 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Brown between 2006 and 2012, burning about 655 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 June 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR4501 |
| 23 May 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 480 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COTTONTAIL |
| 22 April 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | STEVE PARKER |
| 22 April 2009 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 9 |
| 5 March 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 March 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 March 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 28 March 2011 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | V SMITH LAKE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Merrick | 6.2 miles | 8 | |
| Flower Grove | 6.5 miles | 8 | |
| Lenorah | 11.2 miles | 8 | |
| Grady | 13.1 miles | 8 | |
| Three Leagues | 13.4 miles | 8 | |
| Tarzan | 15.1 miles | 8 | |
| Stanton | 20.6 miles | 8 | |
| Courtney | 21.2 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378053. 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.