BlockEldorado Center, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Dawson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76639. The Survey maps it on the Coolidge quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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 Waco quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Coolidge quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Mexia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
74 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Eldorado Center between 2006 and 2019, burning about 1,271 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 | 31 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 2008 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 22505 HWY 14 |
| 5 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | REKINDLE COUNTY LINE FIRE |
| 29 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 25 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 13 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | PIPLINE55 |
| 12 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JIM MEREDITH |
| 7 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | TROMPLER FARMS |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Union High | 1.7 miles | 6 | |
| Rodney | 2.2 miles | 6 | |
| Dawson | 5.5 miles | 7 | |
| Pursley | 6.4 miles | 7 | |
| Purdon | 6.8 miles | 7 | |
| Spring Hill | 7.3 miles | 7 | |
| Navarro Mills | 7.9 miles | 7 | |
| Silver City | 8.5 miles | 7 |
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 Q122541846 | 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 1378250. 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.