BlockBuck Hollow, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Junction Northwest census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76849. It lies in Buck Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Roosevelt quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1893 USGS Rock Springs quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Sonora quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sonora quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Roosevelt quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Rocksprings quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Rocksprings quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
21 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Buck Hollow between 2008 and 2017, burning about 93 acres in total. 2 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 | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2011-127 PATTERSON RIDGE |
| 18 September 2011 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2011-135 |
| 13 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2010-73 |
| 6 August 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2010-60 |
| 3 August 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2010-55 |
| 25 June 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2011-75 |
| 30 May 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 May 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Buck Hollow: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strain Brothers Incorporated | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379467. 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.