BlockDrasco, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Winters census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79567. The Survey maps it on the Bradshaw quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1890 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Bradshaw quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
23 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Drasco between 2006 and 2020, burning about 87 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 1 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 | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COUNTY ROAD 191 |
| 10 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FLATTOP MOUNTAIN |
| 5 August 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | STRAIN'S HAYFIELD |
| 13 August 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE OFF OF US 83 |
| 4 July 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FIREWORKS GRASS FIRE |
| 29 July 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HAY BALE & PICKUP FIRE |
| 24 July 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COLBURN SOUTH OF DRASCO |
| 4 June 2011 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WHEATFIELD FIRE OFF FM 1086 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Drasco in 2 storm reports between 1999 and 2015: 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
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 1378227. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.