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Bullock, Texas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It lies in ZIP code area 76470. The Survey maps it on the La Casa quadrangle.

Bullock within Eastland County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 13 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

56 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Bullock between 2006 and 2020, burning about 2,138 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined22
Debris and open burning13
Equipment and vehicle use10
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Arson/incendiarism2
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1
Natural1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceC/R 459 FIRE
8 September 2011Railroad operations and maintenance15 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGE RAILCAR REKINDLE
7 September 2011Railroad operations and maintenance34 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGE RAIL FIRE
2 September 2009Equipment and vehicle use20 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHIGH POINT DRIVE FIRE
21 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
2 August 2012Smoking2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWINSETT SPRINGS FIRE
12 August 2020Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHARMON RANCH
7 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSOUTH HIPOINT DRIVE FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Eastland County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Bullock: 4 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Featherlite Corp Ranger PlantClayProducer
Laura Todd PitClayProducer
Ranger Clay Company OperationsClayProducer
Ranger PitsClayProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Eastland County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Tiffin1.8 miles13
Ranger3.2 miles13
Merriman (historical)6.4 miles13
Olden7.5 miles13
Morton Valley7.5 miles13
Eastland10.5 miles13
Staff10.8 miles12
Chaney11.0 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378069. 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.