BlockCenter Line, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Old River census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77879. It stands on Ryan Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lyons quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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 Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Somerville quadrangle1:62500
- 1960 USGS Lyons quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Brenham quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
187 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 187 fires within 5 miles of Center Line between 1998 and 2020, burning about 719 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 6 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 | 101 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 46 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 9 September 2019 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SNOOK MUTUAL AID |
| 7 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 201 |
| 6 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | SNOOK MUTUAL AID |
| 28 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 10166 TX 36S GRASS FIRE |
| 27 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 25 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 7835 CR201 |
| 22 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1691 CR 278 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaver Creek | 2.1 miles | 8 | |
| Lyons | 3.0 miles | 8 | |
| Merle | 4.3 miles | 9 | |
| Somerville | 5.4 miles | 10 | |
| Snook | 5.9 miles | 9 | |
| Davidson | 5.9 miles | 8 | |
| Frenstat | 6.4 miles | 8 | |
| Harmony | 6.5 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2034920. 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.