BlockEnergy, Texas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Gustine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76452. The Survey maps it on the Lamkin 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.
- 1888 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Brownwood quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Gustine quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Lamkin quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Comanche quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
21 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Energy between 2006 and 2017, burning about 465 acres in total. 1 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 | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 80 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | E.B.LITTLE |
| 26 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 135 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 11 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | STUART PETERS |
| 8 June 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 2 June 2010 | Natural | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JORDAN RANCH |
| 6 April 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Energy in 3 storm reports between 1995 and 2003: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Energy | $25,000 | Wind damage to roofs and barns was reported. |
| January 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Energy | $15,000 | Several barns were blown away by high winds. |
| May 2003 | Hail | Energy | - | no account filed |
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 2034982. 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.