BlockFivemile Crossing, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Menard East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76859. It lies near Chapman Draw. The Survey maps it on the Chapman Draw quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1954 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Chapman Draw quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Mason quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Fivemile Crossing between 2008 and 2015, burning about 1,159 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was 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 | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MENARD MUTUAL AID |
| 19 August 2015 | Natural | 35 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 819 |
| 1 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,024 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MENARD |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Menard | 4.1 miles | 8 | |
| Tenmile Crossing | 4.6 miles | 9 | |
| Fourmile Crossing | 7.6 miles | 8 | |
| Hext | 10.0 miles | 7 | |
| Callan | 10.1 miles | 12 | |
| Beyer Crossing | 11.0 miles | 8 | |
| Twentymile Crossing | 11.5 miles | 13 | |
| Saline | 15.5 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379772. 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.