BlockByrd, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Waxahachie census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75119. It stands on Elm Branch. The Survey maps it on the Cryer Creek quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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 Dallas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Cryer Creek quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Corsicana quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
30 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Byrd between 2007 and 2017, burning about 952 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 25 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 23 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1412674 |
| 23 September 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | NW1300 |
| 23 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 20 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 19 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 250 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | NW 1300 GRASS FIRE |
| 18 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1617904 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rankin | 2.2 miles | 9 | |
| Onion Creek | 2.5 miles | 9 | |
| Bardwell | 4.3 miles | 11 | |
| Ensign | 4.6 miles | 11 | |
| Oak Grove | 5.5 miles | 11 | |
| Lone Cedar | 6.2 miles | 9 | |
| Avalon | 6.6 miles | 9 | |
| Howard | 7.8 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378078. 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.