BlockCrown, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Charlotte census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78011. The Survey maps it on the Dobrowolski quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1953 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Jourdanton quadrangle1:62500
- 1961 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Dobrowolski quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Pleasanton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
107 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 107 fires within 5 miles of Crown between 2005 and 2020, burning about 2,919 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 48 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 26 |
| Debris and open burning | 24 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WIER |
| 6 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | VICTOR GONZALES |
| 20 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 18 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 1549 @ CR 314 |
| 18 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CALSHEC RANCH |
| 12 September 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 385 CR 318 |
| 7 August 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CLIMMER |
| 6 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ALVARADO #1 |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379615. 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.