BlockFarmers Academy, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Mount Pleasant census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75455. It stands on Dragoo Creek. The Survey maps it on the Winfield 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.
- 1953 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Winfield quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
274 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 274 fires within 5 miles of Farmers Academy between 1993 and 2020, burning about 739 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 5 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 | 192 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 20 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 14-804 |
| 8 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 8 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 14-805 |
| 7 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 11-933 |
| 6 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 11-905 |
| 4 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 11-907 |
| 4 September 2011 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 11-909 |
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 Farmers Academy: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mt Pleasant 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Oak Springs | 2.5 miles | 8 | |
| Mount Pleasant | 3.0 miles | 10 | |
| West Midway | 4.0 miles | 8 | |
| Winfield | 4.6 miles | 8 | |
| Millers Cove | 4.7 miles | 8 | |
| Marshall Springs | 5.3 miles | 8 | |
| Monticello | 5.4 miles | 8 | |
| West New Hope | 5.4 miles | 8 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122558433 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2034844. 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.