BlockCollins, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Jasper census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75951. The Survey maps it on the Harrisburg quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1953 USGS Alexandria quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Alexandria quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Brookeland quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS Brookeland quadrangle1:62500
- 1984 USGS Harrisburg quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Leesville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
202 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 202 fires within 5 miles of Collins between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,867 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 20 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 95 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 41 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 20 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 192 |
| 30 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 8059 |
| 3 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 221 |
| 26 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 28 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 8089 |
| 22 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 18 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 16 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 9190 |
| 16 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Collins: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silica. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Silica | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Blox | 1.5 miles | 9 | |
| Blox | 1.9 miles | 9 | |
| Harrisburg | 4.5 miles | 9 | |
| Horton | 4.8 miles | 9 | |
| Sam Rayburn | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Jasper | 5.7 miles | 9 | |
| Huff Creek | 6.4 miles | 9 | |
| Curtis | 7.3 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380828. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.