BlockCamp Hulen, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Palacios census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77465. It stands on Turtle Creek. The Survey maps it on the Palacios quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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 Palacios quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Port Lavaca quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Palacios quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
33 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Camp Hulen between 2013 and 2019, burning about 246 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None 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 | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 305 FIRE |
| 7 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 12TH GRASS FIRE |
| 6 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | MOORE GRASS FIRE |
| 3 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | E.BAYSHORE & CR 305 |
| 3 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 305 & E. BAYSHORE |
| 17 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | NEWSOME FIRE |
| 10 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PERRYMAN FIRE |
| 7 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | PRECINCT 3 BRUSH FIRE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palacios | 1.4 miles | 9 | |
| Collegeport | 3.8 miles | 9 | |
| Pheasant | 6.7 miles | 9 | |
| Citrus Grove | 7.8 miles | 8 | |
| Simpsonville | 8.3 miles | 8 | |
| Tin Top | 8.3 miles | 8 | |
| Ashby | 10.6 miles | 8 | |
| Blessing | 11.4 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1353644. 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.