BlockDreyer, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Gonzales census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77984. It stands on Boggy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hochheim quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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.
- 1953 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Hochheim quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Cuero quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
10 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Dreyer between 2003 and 2017, burning about 369 acres in total. 1 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 | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 22 September 2011 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COOK PLACE |
| 2 August 2009 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FLORES |
| 11 August 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ADKINS FIRE |
| 15 July 2008 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 13 June 2003 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 22 February 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM533 |
| 11 February 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 303 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TURKEY BOTTOM RD. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glaze City | 2.9 miles | 9 | |
| Hamon | 4.8 miles | 9 | |
| Kokernot | 5.2 miles | 9 | |
| Cheapside | 9.2 miles | 9 | |
| Dilworth | 9.7 miles | 11 | |
| Summerville | 12.1 miles | 10 | |
| Little New York | 12.8 miles | 11 | |
| Gonzales | 13.3 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1356252. 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.