BlockEvant, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Evant census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76525. The Survey maps it on the Evant 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.
- 1887 USGS Lampasas quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Lampasas quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Brownwood quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Evant quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Evant quadrangle1:62500
- 1985 USGS San Saba quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
165 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 165 fires within 5 miles of Evant between 2005 and 2020, burning about 2,359 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 3 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 | 111 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CC |
| 9 September 2009 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MCGILVERY/LIGHTNING |
| 8 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LC |
| 4 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | EVANT INTERSECTION |
| 30 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CC |
| 30 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CC |
| 3 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 90 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DON KENNEDY |
| 29 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 160 FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Evant in 4 storm reports between 1993 and 1995: 3 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1995 | Tornado (F0) | Evant | - | A brief tornado touchdown was reported by the Department of Public Safety. |
| April 1995 | Hail | Evant | - | A brief tornado touchdown was reported by the Department of Public Safety. |
| January 1994 | Hail | Evant | - | no account filed |
| October 1993 | Hail | Evant | - | 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 1357109. 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.