BlockDarby Hill, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Point Blank census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77364. It stands on Darby Hill. The Survey maps it on the Carlisle quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1954 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Carlisle quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
77 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 77 fires within 5 miles of Darby Hill between 1992 and 2017, burning about 582 acres in total. None started naturally. 13 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 44 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 28 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 197 |
| 8 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 429 |
| 25 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 24 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 21 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 115 |
| 13 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | POINT BLANK |
| 12 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ONALASKA FALLEN OAKS |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pointblank | 1.9 miles | 13 | |
| Waterwood | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| Snow Hill | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Stephen Creek | 5.6 miles | 13 | |
| Palmetto Park | 6.1 miles | 13 | |
| Staley | 6.4 miles | 12 | |
| Oakhurst | 6.5 miles | 13 | |
| Willow Springs | 7.5 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2034899. 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.