BlockEwell, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Bettie census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75644. It lies near Union Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Bettie quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 12 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.
- 1956 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1960 USGS Bettie quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
412 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 412 fires within 5 miles of Ewell between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,361 acres in total. 23 started naturally. 17 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 | 255 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 67 |
| Natural | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Smoking | 12 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 2006 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 640 |
| 7 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 7 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WILDLAND FIRE |
| 7 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 4510 |
| 7 September 2000 | Smoking | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 382 |
| 6 September 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1336 |
| 6 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1264 |
| 6 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 11-375 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Ewell: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sulfur. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delhi Sulfur Plant | Sulfur | Producer |
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 1378277. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.