BlockFlo, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Buffalo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75831. The Survey maps it on the Flo 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.
- 1953 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Flo quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Crockett quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
48 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Flo between 1993 and 2014, burning about 618 acres in total. 2 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 | 28 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | ADOLPH RODELL |
| 27 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LIVINGSTON - 937 |
| 17 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 August 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | K LEMMON |
| 24 August 2011 | Natural | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | VERNON GORE |
| 1 April 1994 | Debris and open burning | 96 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 March 1993 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 March 1993 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Flo in 4 storm reports between 2002 and 2019: 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2019 | Flood | Flo | - | Emergency management reported that 18 people had to be rescued overnight across Leon County from driving into low areas where water covered the road. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Flo | - | A trained spotter reported golf ball size hail 5 miles southwest of Oakwood. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Flo | - | Nickel size hail fell in the town of Flo. |
| March 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Flo | - | Extensive tree damage near Flo. |
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 1379777. 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.