BlockEmmaus, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the New Summerfield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75789. The Survey maps it on the Griffin quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1937 USGS Troupe quadrangle1:48000
- 1943 USGS Troup quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1973 USGS Griffin quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
264 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 264 fires within 5 miles of Emmaus between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,045 acres in total. 14 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 | 160 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 45 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Smoking | 14 |
| Natural | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 110 |
| 7 September 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 4608 FIRE |
| 7 September 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 4221 GRASS FIRE |
| 6 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 856 AND CR 4716 |
| 5 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 378 CR 4608 FIRE |
| 4 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 2274 N |
| 26 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6797 FM 856 FIRE |
| 25 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 397 PENNY LANE |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378262. 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.