BlockChina Creek, Texas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Richland Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76877. The Survey maps it on the Blucher Mountain quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1885 USGS San Saba quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS San Saba quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1930 USGS Richland Springs quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Richland Springs quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Richland Springs quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Brownwood quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Blucher Mountain quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS San Saba quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
21 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of China Creek between 2005 and 2020, burning about 2,520 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
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 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SMALL FIRE |
| 3 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GAVIN FIRE |
| 2 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 90 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | UNK |
| 18 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 35 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COX |
| 26 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,935 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | KIRK RANCH |
| 17 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | STUARTSON |
| 15 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 228 |
| 1 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HARKEY 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairview | 2.3 miles | 14 | |
| Harkeyville | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Algerita | 4.0 miles | 13 | |
| San Saba | 5.8 miles | 16 | |
| Spring Creek | 6.7 miles | 14 | |
| Richland Springs | 8.3 miles | 14 | |
| McMillan | 8.4 miles | 15 | |
| Sloan | 9.2 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379539. 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.