BlockClower, Texas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Van census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75790. The Survey maps it on the Van quadrangle. It stands 564 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1956 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1959 USGS Grand Saline quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Van quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Mineola quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Mineola quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
70 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Clower between 1992 and 2020, burning about 795 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 29 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 4107 |
| 6 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 4123 |
| 4 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 492 |
| 26 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 7121 |
| 25 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 24 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 159 VZCR 3224 |
| 21 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM AND VZCR 1207 |
| 11 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | VZCR 1316 |
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.
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 Q122556499 | 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 1378135. 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.