BlockFairview, Texas
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Granbury East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76049. The Survey maps it on the Tin Top quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 20 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.
- 1891 USGS Weatherford quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Weatherford quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1924 USGS Weatherford 3-d quadrangle1:48000
- 1931 USGS Dennis quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Dennis quadrangle1:62500
- 1959 USGS Tin Top quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1985 USGS Fort Worth quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
139 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 139 fires within 5 miles of Fairview between 2005 and 2020, burning about 779 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 72 |
| Debris and open burning | 45 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FIRE LARGE |
| 7 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FIRE GRASS |
| 7 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FIRE GRASS |
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BLACK DIAMOND |
| 28 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FIRE GRASS |
| 26 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | WHISPERING OAKS |
| 25 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FIRE SMALL |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Trail Shores | 2.5 miles | 19 | |
| Thorp Spring | 3.1 miles | 19 | |
| Brazos Bend | 3.3 miles | 19 | |
| Center Mill | 3.3 miles | 20 | |
| Waples | 4.8 miles | 21 | |
| Granbury | 5.0 miles | 19 | |
| Chapin | 6.9 miles | 17 | |
| Acton | 7.5 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378282. 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.