BlockFlats, Texas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Point census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75472. The Survey maps it on the Iron Bridge Dam quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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.
- 1956 USGS Emory quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1980 USGS Iron Bridge Dam quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Mineola quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Mineola quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
14 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Flats between 2004 and 2020, burning about 162 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 August 2004 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 108 |
| 4 July 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | UNKNOWN |
| 4 July 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HOLIDAY MARINA |
| 23 June 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 276 |
| 20 April 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2009-056 |
| 3 February 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 28 February 2006 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 179 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Flats in 4 storm reports between 1997 and 2016: 3 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2016 | Hail | Flats | $100,000 | Emergency management reported golf-ball sized hail near the Lake Tawakoni Dam near the county line. |
| May 2004 | Hail | Flats | - | Occurred 2 miles east of Lake Tawakon near Woolsey. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Flats | - | Large hail was reported at Lake Tawakoni. |
| October 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Flats | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woosley | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Smyrna | 3.3 miles | 14 | |
| East Tawakoni | 4.0 miles | 13 | |
| Hermits Cove | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Dunbar | 5.0 miles | 14 | |
| Rocky Point Center | 5.3 miles | 14 | |
| Prospect | 5.4 miles | 14 | |
| Bois d'Arc | 6.3 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380853. 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.