BlockColony, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Emory census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75410. The Survey maps it on the Alba quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 15 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
- 1958 USGS Alba quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Alba quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Mineola quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Mineola quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
163 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 163 fires within 5 miles of Colony between 1996 and 2020, burning about 1,167 acres in total. 3 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 | 109 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 30 September 2017 | Smoking | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 27 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | NONE |
| 26 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 25 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS |
| 24 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WILDLAND |
| 24 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 22 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODLANDS 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bellview | 0.5 miles | 15 | |
| Bright Star | 3.6 miles | 15 | |
| Willow Springs | 4.1 miles | 14 | |
| Ginger | 5.0 miles | 15 | |
| Dunbar | 6.1 miles | 14 | |
| Hogansville | 6.5 miles | 16 | |
| Rocky Point Center | 6.7 miles | 14 | |
| Emory | 7.6 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2034856. 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.