BlockCoal Mine, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Devine-Natalia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78052. The Survey maps it on the Lytle quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1942 USGS Natalia quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Lytle quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
137 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 137 fires within 5 miles of Coal Mine between 2005 and 2020, burning about 2,644 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 were 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 | 78 |
| Debris and open burning | 42 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 17 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 16 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 13 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 371 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BOYD |
| 13 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE CR 6725 |
| 11 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MUTUAL AID LYTLE & NATALIA CANCELED |
| 5 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRUSH/GRASS FIRE M/M 129 IH 35 |
| 30 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Coal Mine in 1 storm report in 2016: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coal Mine | - | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph that tore shingles off a roof, knocked down a tree, and blew a trampoline down the street in Lake Shore Estates. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1384226. 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.