BlockBurford, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Lake O' the Pines census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75657. The Survey maps it on the Kellyville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 13 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.
- 1956 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1962 USGS Kellyville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
374 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 374 fires within 5 miles of Burford between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,770 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 23 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 | 214 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 57 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 27 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 23 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 19 |
| Natural | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CEDAR GROVE CEMTERY |
| 7 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | THOMPSON CAMP ROAD |
| 6 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | JUNE JUNKO |
| 6 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 343 |
| 5 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ACROSS FROM WILLIAM COLLISION 59 S. |
| 30 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 728 |
| 30 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 85 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 180 |
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 Burford: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kelley Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1869 |
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 1378073. 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.