BlockEdgeworth, Texas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Rogers census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76569. It stands on Camp Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rogers quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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 Taylor quadrangle1:125000
- 1887 USGS Taylor quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Taylor quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1964 USGS Rogers quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Taylor quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
40 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Edgeworth between 2006 and 2020, burning about 1,078 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 23 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HAY CUTTING |
| 22 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HAY CUTTING |
| 18 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HAY FIRE |
| 1 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 8 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 170 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TWEETY |
| 5 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 200 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ROGERS AID |
| 4 August 2009 | Smoking | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | RED RANGER |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Colony | 1.4 miles | 14 | |
| Meeks | 3.1 miles | 14 | |
| Leedale | 3.9 miles | 14 | |
| Red Ranger | 4.3 miles | 14 | |
| Rogers | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| Cyclone | 5.3 miles | 14 | |
| Zabcikville | 6.6 miles | 14 | |
| Stringtown | 7.3 miles | 14 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Edgeworth | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q113331310 | 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 1379702. 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.