BlockBulverde West, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Canyon Lake census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78163. It stands on Pleasant Valley Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bergheim quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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 San Antonio quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Boerne quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Bergheim quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS New Braunfels quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS New Braunfels quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
65 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 65 fires within 5 miles of Bulverde West (historical) between 2005 and 2013, burning about 986 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
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 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TIMBERLINE FIRE |
| 16 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 10 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DIERKS RANCH FIRE |
| 5 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 35 GUTHRIE |
| 5 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1000 BLK SH 46 EAST |
| 4 August 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 440 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BLANCO ROAD - 67 |
| 31 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 100 BLK FM 3351 N |
| 23 August 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HIGH RIDGE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Cliff Acres | 2.5 miles | 10 | |
| Honey Creek | 2.6 miles | 10 | |
| Anhalt | 3.0 miles | 15 | |
| Silver Hills | 4.0 miles | 10 | |
| Bulverde South (historical) | 4.2 miles | 15 | |
| Bulverde | 4.3 miles | 11 | |
| Bulverde East (historical) | 7.2 miles | 15 | |
| Spring Branch | 9.7 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1802688. 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.