BlockFlat Fork, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Center census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75974. It stands on Smith Creek. The Survey maps it on the Tenaha East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1953 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Center quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Tenaha East quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Nacogdoches quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Nacogdoches quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
52 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Flat Fork between 1992 and 2018, burning about 478 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 3 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 | 25 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 9.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 28 September 1992 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 19 September 2013 | Fireworks | 33 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 7128 |
| 19 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 22 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 273 |
| 15 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 1 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2021Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Flat Fork in 3 storm reports between 2021 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Flat Fork | - | Trees downed on FM Road 2026. |
| January 2023 | Flash Flood | Flat Fork | - | High water covered Highway 96 between Center and Tenaha. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Flat Fork | - | A tree was blown down on Highway 96 between Center and Tenaha. |
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 1379775. 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.
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.