BlockEast Direct, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Sumner census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75486. The Survey maps it on the Direct quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1903 USGS Paris quadrangle1:125000
- 1948 USGS Direct quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Direct quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Direct quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Paris quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Paris quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
52 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of East Direct between 1996 and 2018, burning about 780 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 34 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 37100 |
| 30 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 26 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DIRECT MA |
| 25 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DIRECT PASTURE FIRE |
| 24 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 17 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 11039 |
| 15 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS GRASS |
| 15 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM79DOCKREY |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Direct | 1.6 miles | 12 | |
| Bunker Hill | 2.2 miles | 12 | |
| Ragtown | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Georgia | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| Unity | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| Belk | 5.3 miles | 13 | |
| Garretts Bluff | 6.0 miles | 13 | |
| Tigertown | 7.1 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 Q122569465 | 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 2034777. 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.