BlockFallon, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Personville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76667. It lies near Morgan Hill. The Survey maps it on the Fallon quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1920 USGS Mexia quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Fallon quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Mexia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
96 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of Fallon between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,812 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 6 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 | 51 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Natural | 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 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | REKINDLE GRASS FIRE FCR 844 |
| 8 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MUTIAL AID TEAGUE GRASS FCR 844 |
| 26 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SW 4200 (SW 4180) |
| 24 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 19 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | M/A GRASS FIRE LCR 443 |
| 15 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 13 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE FCR 890 |
| 13 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | REKINDLE FCR 844 |
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 Fallon: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Kaolin. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teague Pit | Kaolin | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fallon in 1 storm report in 2013: 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2013 | Flash Flood | Fallon | $50,000 | Significant flooding was reported along Highway 164 and the road was impassable. Several other major roads across the southern half of the county were closed due to flash flooding. Rainfall totals of 5-11 of rain fell across the southern half of the county in just a few hours. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prairie Grove | 1.1 miles | 8 | |
| Shiloh | 3.3 miles | 8 | |
| LaSalle | 3.4 miles | 8 | |
| Center | 4.9 miles | 8 | |
| Doyle | 5.3 miles | 8 | |
| Holden | 5.4 miles | 8 | |
| Point Enterprise | 5.5 miles | 8 | |
| Lost Prairie | 6.0 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380850. 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.
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.