BlockCall Junction, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Buna census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75956. It stands on Big Branch. The Survey maps it on the Call Junction quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1952 USGS Lake Charles quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Lake Charles quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Kirbyville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Call Junction quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS DeRidder quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
301 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 301 fires within 5 miles of Call Junction between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,674 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 41 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 | 210 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 41 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 2013 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 8 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS |
| 8 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODS |
| 7 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 196 |
| 6 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOOD FIRE |
| 5 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | K115 |
| 30 September 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LIVINGSTON - 952 |
| 30 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Le Verte | 4.4 miles | 9 | |
| Kirbyville | 4.9 miles | 9 | |
| J and E Junction | 5.5 miles | 9 | |
| Forbes | 5.8 miles | 9 | |
| Bon Ami | 8.5 miles | 9 | |
| Bessmay | 9.2 miles | 9 | |
| Mount Union | 9.3 miles | 12 | |
| Buna | 11.3 miles | 9 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122563210 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379494. 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.