BlockCenter Hill, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Kennard-Ratcliff census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75847. It stands on Caney Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ratcliff quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1950 USGS Ratcliff quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS Ratcliff quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Crockett quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2004 USGS Ratcliff quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
77 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 77 fires within 5 miles of Center Hill between 1993 and 2019, burning about 938 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 8 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 | 30 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3.0 acres | National Forests And Grasslands In Texas | FM 1733 |
| 30 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | National Forests And Grasslands In Texas | not named |
| 26 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 7119 |
| 19 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2011341 |
| 19 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | National Forests And Grasslands In Texas | SAWMILL #2 |
| 13 September 1993 | Natural | under an acre | National Forests And Grasslands In Texas | not named |
| 10 September 2000 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | National Forests And Grasslands In Texas | CARDINAL |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harrison Town | 1.9 miles | 11 | |
| Kennard | 3.7 miles | 10 | |
| Hickory Creek | 3.9 miles | 12 | |
| Berea | 4.6 miles | 10 | |
| Belott | 4.7 miles | 12 | |
| Creath | 4.8 miles | 11 | |
| Tadmor | 5.1 miles | 11 | |
| Allen Chapel | 5.2 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1383339. 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.