BlockEnglish, Texas
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Bonham census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75418. It stands on Polecat Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bonham quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 6 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 Sherman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Bonham quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Bonham quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
117 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 117 fires within 5 miles of English between 2005 and 2020, burning about 3,442 acres in total. None 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 | 54 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 34 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 22 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 9.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 6 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 3045 |
| 6 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 5 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BURGESS FIRE |
| 3 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BAILEY FIRE |
| 28 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1029 CR 3130 |
| 26 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WHEAT FIRE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brotherton | 2.3 miles | 6 | |
| Cotton Center | 2.9 miles | 6 | |
| Bonham | 2.9 miles | 6 | |
| Prairie Point | 3.5 miles | 6 | |
| Clutter Point | 3.6 miles | 6 | |
| Dodd City | 3.7 miles | 6 | |
| Shady Grove | 4.4 miles | 6 | |
| Edhube | 4.6 miles | 6 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379727. 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.