BlockEaton, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Franklin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77856. The Survey maps it on the Edge quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
3 surveys from 7 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.
- 1954 USGS Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Edge quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Bryan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
31 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Eaton between 2005 and 2019, burning about 1,249 acres in total. 2 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 | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 17-120 |
| 20 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 2446 |
| 5 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | OLD HICKORY GROVE |
| 31 August 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 73 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 187 |
| 22 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 15924 E OSR |
| 21 July 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 17-0000085 |
| 20 July 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 18118 |
| 20 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 12 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 18123 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eaton in 2 storm reports between 2009 and 2016: 1 tornado, 1 flood. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2016 | Flood | Eaton | - | Several roads across the county remained flooded. |
| April 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Eaton | - | A brief tornado touchdown occurred near OSR and Edge Cutoff Road. A dust swirl was noted by the public but no damage was reported. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wheelock | 5.8 miles | 8 | |
| New Baden | 7.2 miles | 10 | |
| Franklin | 8.5 miles | 10 | |
| Dunns Fort | 8.8 miles | 7 | |
| Easterly | 9.4 miles | 10 | |
| Black Jack | 11.6 miles | 7 | |
| Owensville | 11.8 miles | 7 | |
| Ridge | 11.9 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379695. 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.