BlockBrownlee, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Roscoe census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79545. The Survey maps it on the Loraine 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 Big Spring quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Big Spring quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Loraine quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Sweetwater quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
36 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Brownlee between 2005 and 2020, burning about 189 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 233 FIRE |
| 25 August 2010 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MM 239 I-20 GRASS FIRE |
| 18 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE MM235 I20 |
| 14 August 2020 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE CR 182 |
| 9 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE HWY 84 AN CR 111 |
| 8 July 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE 2319 AN CR 135 |
| 25 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE HWY 84/ CR 102 CR 111 |
| 21 July 2011 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 182 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | 4.0 miles | 8 | |
| Roscoe | 5.5 miles | 9 | |
| Wastella | 6.6 miles | 8 | |
| Avenger Village | 10.0 miles | 13 | |
| Shaufler | 10.5 miles | 13 | |
| Sweetwater | 12.7 miles | 13 | |
| Orient | 13.8 miles | 12 | |
| Maryneal | 15.8 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378056. 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.