BlockCenter Mill, Texas
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Granbury East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76049. It stands on Martin Branch. The Survey maps it on the Tin Top quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 20 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.
- 1891 USGS Weatherford quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Weatherford quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1924 USGS Weatherford 3-d quadrangle1:48000
- 1931 USGS Dennis quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Dennis quadrangle1:62500
- 1959 USGS Tin Top quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1985 USGS Fort Worth quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
110 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 110 fires within 5 miles of Center Mill between 2005 and 2019, burning about 1,458 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 | 44 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 43 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 100 WESTERN LAKE DRIVE |
| 8 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 September 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MILBURN |
| 29 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MONROE HWY. |
| 28 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FIRE GRASS |
| 26 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | WHISPERING OAKS |
| 25 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 25 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairview | 3.3 miles | 20 | |
| Chapin | 4.8 miles | 17 | |
| Brazos Bend | 5.3 miles | 19 | |
| Waples | 5.4 miles | 21 | |
| Oak Trail Shores | 5.8 miles | 19 | |
| Thorp Spring | 6.4 miles | 19 | |
| Granbury | 7.9 miles | 19 | |
| Cresson | 7.9 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378108. 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.