BlockComptons, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Alpine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79834. It lies near Glenn Draw. The Survey maps it on the Solis quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1903 USGS Chisos Mountains quadrangle1:125000
- 1905 USGS Chisos Mountains quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Emory Peak quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Emory Peak quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Solis quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Chisos Mountains quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Comptons between 1997 and 2015, burning about 320 acres in total. 2 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 | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 July 1997 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Big Bend National Park | PIEDRA |
| 25 July 2015 | Natural | 62 acres | Big Bend National Park | CROSSING |
| 10 May 1998 | Debris and open burning | 39 acres | Big Bend National Park | MOM'S DAY |
| 21 April 2000 | Smoking | 23 acres | Big Bend National Park | S.VICENTE |
| 25 March 1997 | Debris and open burning | 180 acres | Big Bend National Park | TEST RUN |
| 10 February 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Big Bend National Park | SAN VICENTE1 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Comptons: 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Bend National Park Deposits | Fluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence | ||
| Vincente Sierra San Norte | Fluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence | Fluorite |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rooneys Place | 0.8 miles | 12 | |
| Casa de Piedra | 1.7 miles | 12 | |
| Solis | 2.1 miles | 12 | |
| Solis Landing | 3.3 miles | 12 | |
| San Vicente Crossing | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| Glenn Springs (historical) | 6.1 miles | 12 | |
| Hot Springs | 8.0 miles | 10 | |
| Rio Grande Village | 9.1 miles | 10 |
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 Q122539365 | 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 1379581. 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.