BlockChances Store, Texas
11 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. The Survey maps it on the Chances Store quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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.
- 1954 USGS Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Bryan quadrangle1:62500
- 1962 USGS Chances Store quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1993 USGS Bryan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
140 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 140 fires within 5 miles of Chances Store between 1995 and 2020, burning about 368 acres in total. 2 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 | 74 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 39 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BURN BAN VIOLATION |
| 5 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1962 |
| 30 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 3121 |
| 29 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TAHTCHER FIRE |
| 27 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 13200 S DOWLING RD 12-0001099 |
| 21 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 20 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 11-0004779 EASTERWOOD GRASS FIRE |
| 2 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 13-0004940 DOWLING WUI FIRE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snook | 4.5 miles | 9 | |
| Wilcox | 5.2 miles | 9 | |
| Merle | 6.3 miles | 9 | |
| Tunis | 7.4 miles | 8 | |
| Parker | 9.0 miles | 8 | |
| Clay | 9.4 miles | 10 | |
| Center Line | 10.3 miles | 8 | |
| Beaver Creek | 10.3 miles | 8 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122561708 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2034885. 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.