BlockDarilek, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Floresville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78114. The Survey maps it on the Dewees quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1936 USGS Floresville quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Dewees quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
13 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Darilek between 2006 and 2017, burning about 1,081 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 August 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 75 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | IRON OAK FIRE |
| 20 August 2014 | Smoking | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | IRON OAK #2 |
| 19 August 2014 | Smoking | 60 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | IRON OAK#1 |
| 5 June 2006 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 May 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 19 May 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 697 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FAIRVIEW |
| 27 April 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LASHLEY FIRE |
| 13 March 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loma Vista | 2.3 miles | 10 | |
| Dewees | 3.9 miles | 10 | |
| Ridout | 5.2 miles | 10 | |
| Three Oaks | 6.3 miles | 12 | |
| Fairview | 6.3 miles | 9 | |
| Floresville | 6.9 miles | 10 | |
| Poth | 8.0 miles | 10 | |
| Loire | 9.5 miles | 9 |
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 Q122570507 | 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 1379637. 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.