BlockEl Tesoro, Texas
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Granbury East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76049. It stands on Rocky Branch. The Survey maps it on the Acton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 21 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.
- 1889 USGS Granbury quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1923 USGS Granbury 1-b quadrangle1:48000
- 1928 USGS Godley quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Acton quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1985 USGS Cleburne quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
54 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of El Tesoro between 1999 and 2018, burning about 847 acres in total. 1 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 | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8.0 acres | National Forests And Grasslands In Texas | VALLEYVIEW |
| 25 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CRUBE COURT |
| 22 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COMANCHE VISTA |
| 12 August 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CLEBURN HWY. |
| 4 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | SANDY BEACH |
| 30 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FIRE GRASS |
| 3 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 26 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FALL CREEK |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall Creek | 0.4 miles | 21 | |
| Pecan Plantation | 2.5 miles | 19 | |
| DeCordova | 3.6 miles | 21 | |
| Acton | 4.3 miles | 21 | |
| Fort Spunky | 4.6 miles | 19 | |
| Mambrino | 5.3 miles | 19 | |
| Neri | 7.0 miles | 18 | |
| Waples | 7.3 miles | 21 |
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 Q122567900 | 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 1378246. 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.