BlockCana, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Wills Point census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75169. It stands on Flat Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cedarvale quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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 Dallas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Cedarvale quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
83 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 83 fires within 5 miles of Cana between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,076 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 37 |
| Debris and open burning | 32 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 2009 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2009-227 |
| 5 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CHRIS |
| 11 September 2009 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2009-235 |
| 1 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 243 |
| 9 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1329 VZ 2623 |
| 8 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 108 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 341 |
| 8 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | NONE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scott | 1.4 miles | 10 | |
| Watkins | 2.5 miles | 10 | |
| High | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Wise | 4.4 miles | 10 | |
| Wallace | 4.4 miles | 13 | |
| Myrtle Springs | 5.1 miles | 13 | |
| Whitton | 6.4 miles | 13 | |
| Four Mile Prairie | 6.7 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378088. 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.