BlockCroton, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Dickens census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79229. The Survey maps it on the East Afton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
3 surveys from 8 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.
- 1954 USGS Lubbock quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1968 USGS East Afton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Dickens quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
23 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Croton between 2008 and 2020, burning about 2,857 acres in total. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PITCHFORK RANCH |
| 12 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GARRETT DAVIS FIRE |
| 8 August 2016 | Natural | 2,106 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CRONTON |
| 7 July 2011 | Natural | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DICKENS |
| 30 July 2020 | Natural | 21 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRALY LEASE |
| 29 July 2011 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | IKE JACKSON FIRE |
| 27 July 2010 | Natural | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | C.R.259 FIRE |
| 12 July 2009 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PICNIC AREA |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Afton | 5.0 miles | 8 | |
| Elton | 5.3 miles | 8 | |
| Dickens | 6.0 miles | 8 | |
| Afton | 7.0 miles | 7 | |
| Glenn | 9.0 miles | 7 | |
| Soldiers Mound (historical) | 11.5 miles | 8 | |
| McAdoo | 14.3 miles | 7 | |
| Spur | 14.9 miles | 6 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379614. 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.