BlockEunice, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Centerville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75833. It stands on Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Eunice quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1953 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Eunice quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Crockett quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
43 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Eunice between 1993 and 2019, burning about 671 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 117 |
| 21 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 16 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 10 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 17 acres | Livingston Area | 4016 |
| 31 August 1997 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 31 August 1997 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 August 2013 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 4033 |
| 21 August 2000 | Natural | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 312 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hopewell | 1.7 miles | 10 | |
| Russell | 4.3 miles | 9 | |
| Pleasant Springs | 4.4 miles | 9 | |
| Nineveh | 4.5 miles | 9 | |
| Centerview | 4.6 miles | 10 | |
| Malvern | 6.2 miles | 10 | |
| Guys Store | 6.9 miles | 11 | |
| Midway | 8.0 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379739. 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.