BlockCanary, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1993. It lies in ZIP code area 77871. It stands on Red Bank Creek. The Survey maps it on the Canary quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1925 USGS Iola No 2 quadrangle1:48000
- 1931 USGS Iola quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1965 USGS Canary quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Bryan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
26 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Canary between 2005 and 2019, burning about 136 acres in total. 1 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 | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2011 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 1940 FIRE |
| 23 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FRITZ FIRE |
| 12 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 488 |
| 8 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | OSR |
| 3 August 2013 | Debris and open burning | 18 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 4029 |
| 31 July 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 19 July 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 13 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| George | 4.0 miles | 9 | |
| Bundy Crossing | 5.0 miles | 10 | |
| Mecca | 5.9 miles | 9 | |
| North Zulch | 6.4 miles | 9 | |
| Laceola | 10.3 miles | 11 | |
| Cottonwood | 10.8 miles | 9 | |
| Madisonville | 14.5 miles | 11 | |
| Cross Roads | 14.8 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379499. 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.