BlockCenter Grove, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Cookville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75455. The Survey maps it on the Cookville 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.
- 1953 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Cookville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
251 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 251 fires within 5 miles of Center Grove between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,105 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 9 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 | 181 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 34 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2638 CR 4315 |
| 8 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1800 CR 4275 |
| 4 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HIGHWAY 67 2 MI E OF COOKVILLE |
| 4 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 363 |
| 30 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 64 COUNTY ROAD |
| 29 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 28 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WILLIAMS BRUSH PILE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roeder | 3.3 miles | 9 | |
| Cookville | 4.0 miles | 9 | |
| Old Union | 5.7 miles | 10 | |
| Mount Pleasant | 7.2 miles | 10 | |
| Lone Star | 7.3 miles | 9 | |
| Liberty Hill | 7.5 miles | 10 | |
| Argo | 9.2 miles | 8 | |
| Gladewater | 9.8 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378107. 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.