BlockCook, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Gainesville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76240. It stands on Wheeler Creek. The Survey maps it on the Gainesville South quadrangle.
On record in Cook
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Cloud-Stark Houselisted 1982 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1902 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1943 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Gainesville South quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
129 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 129 fires within 5 miles of Cook between 2005 and 2020, burning about 633 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 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 | 50 |
| Debris and open burning | 40 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2011 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASSFIRE |
| 28 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM371 |
| 27 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 122 & CR 156 |
| 24 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 19 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CARTWRIGHT HILL LN |
| 16 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 154 |
| 1 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 134 & FM 371 |
| 1 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 150 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gainesville | 1.0 miles | 13 | |
| Lindsay | 5.3 miles | 13 | |
| Oak Ridge | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Woodbine | 5.9 miles | 13 | |
| Custer City | 6.4 miles | 13 | |
| Lake Kiowa | 6.5 miles | 13 | |
| Burns City | 8.4 miles | 13 | |
| Callisburg | 8.6 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1354895. 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.