BlockDurenville, Texas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Goldthwaite census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76844. The Survey maps it on the Goldthwaite quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1885 USGS San Saba quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS San Saba quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1928 USGS Goldthwaite quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Goldthwaite quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Goldthwaite quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Brownwood quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Goldthwaite quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS San Saba quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
12 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Durenville between 2006 and 2020, burning about 834 acres in total. None 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 | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 July 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SANDERS |
| 16 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MUTUAL AIDE MILLS COUNTY |
| 15 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MILLS COUNTY AIDE |
| 24 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 500 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE ON CR 418 |
| 11 May 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 25 March 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | SHELTON |
| 28 February 2006 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 13 February 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WEATHERBY - WEST |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bozar | 1.9 miles | 16 | |
| Goldthwaite | 3.1 miles | 14 | |
| Mullin | 6.4 miles | 17 | |
| Caradan | 6.7 miles | 13 | |
| Big Valley | 8.3 miles | 16 | |
| Center City | 9.0 miles | 12 | |
| Castor | 9.3 miles | 15 | |
| Pleasant Grove | 11.5 miles | 12 |
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 Q122588791 | 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 1379689. 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.