BlockEskota, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Roby census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79561. It lies near Horse Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Raven Creek South quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1893 USGS Roby quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Big Spring quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Noodle quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Big Spring quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Raven Creek South quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Snyder quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
48 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Eskota between 2006 and 2020, burning about 1,800 acres in total. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
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 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 255 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WILKS |
| 15 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FISHER 121 |
| 12 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 70 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HUNTER FIRE |
| 7 August 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 131 |
| 31 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 255 GRASS FIRE |
| 26 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MESA CAR FIRE |
| 21 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 250 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 201024 |
| 16 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 161 PIT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eskota in 1 storm report in 2007: 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2007 | Tornado (EF0) | Eskota | $4,000 | This is a continuation of the tornado from Nolan County. This tornado continued to produce tree damage and broke a few power transmission poles as it dissipated near County Road 166. |
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 1378270. 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.