BlockClay, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 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 Clay quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 10 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.
- 1914 USGS Gay Hill quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Clay quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1993 USGS Brenham quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
151 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 151 fires within 5 miles of Clay between 2006 and 2020, burning about 1,440 acres in total. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 92 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 9/7/2016 |
| 6 September 2011 | Smoking | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 9/6/2011 |
| 3 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | KETTLER RD |
| 29 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 27 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 9/27/2012 |
| 27 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 16 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 9/16/2009 |
| 16 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clay in 1 storm report in 2013: 1 lightning. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2013 | Lightning | Clay | - | Lightning sparked a grass fire between the towns of Brenham and Washington. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilcox | 4.3 miles | 9 | |
| Scofield | 5.7 miles | 10 | |
| Merle | 7.5 miles | 9 | |
| Snook | 9.4 miles | 9 | |
| Chances Store | 9.4 miles | 11 | |
| Somerville | 10.2 miles | 10 | |
| Center Line | 10.6 miles | 8 | |
| Lyons | 11.6 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1354583. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.