BlockBuckner, 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 76462. The Survey maps it on the Dennis 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 Dennis quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Dennis quadrangle1:62500
- 1985 USGS Fort Worth quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
76 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of Buckner between 2005 and 2020, burning about 2,622 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 30 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 18 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 9 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 August 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 400 LIPAN TRAIL |
| 6 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 57 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GROVER-DALLAS FIRE |
| 6 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 3.5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Powell Crossing | 1.9 miles | 18 | |
| Dennis | 2.4 miles | 18 | |
| Maxwell Crossing | 2.8 miles | 18 | |
| Stephens Crossing | 3.8 miles | 18 | |
| Tin Top | 4.8 miles | 20 | |
| Western Lake | 5.3 miles | 20 | |
| Brock | 6.3 miles | 18 | |
| Brock Junction | 8.3 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378064. 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.