BlockDowns, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Waco census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76706. The Survey maps it on the Robinson quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 15 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.
- 1892 USGS Temple quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Robinson quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1985 USGS Temple quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
81 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Downs between 2001 and 2020, burning about 836 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 32 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE - CHINA SPRING |
| 8 September 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | POWERLINE |
| 30 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WILDLAND/GRASS FIRE |
| 29 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JUNIPER LANE FIRE |
| 28 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | WILDLAND/GRASS FIRE |
| 27 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WILDLAND/GRASS FIRE |
| 25 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 17-2680028 |
| 2 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | WILDLAND/GRASS FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Downs: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H and B No 1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Luckett Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Neeley Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 1379677. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.