BlockChaney, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Ranger census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76470. It lies near Hamilton Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Desdemona quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 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.
- 1894 USGS Eastland quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Desdemona quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Stephenville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
27 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Chaney between 2005 and 2020, burning about 3,058 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 16 SMOKE |
| 13 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | 16 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LAKE LEON |
| 31 July 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 26 July 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 509 FIRE |
| 21 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 12 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LOVE 3 |
| 12 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LOVE 2 |
| 6 June 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | LOVE 1 |
| 20 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | C/R 597 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Staff | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| Merriman (historical) | 5.7 miles | 13 | |
| Kokomo | 7.2 miles | 12 | |
| Desdemona | 7.5 miles | 12 | |
| Olden | 7.8 miles | 13 | |
| Ranger | 7.9 miles | 13 | |
| Ellison Springs (historical) | 8.5 miles | 13 | |
| Tiffin | 9.3 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378112. 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.