BlockForbes, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Buna census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77612. The Survey maps it on the Call Junction 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.
- 1952 USGS Lake Charles quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Lake Charles quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Kirbyville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Call Junction quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS DeRidder quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
203 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 203 fires within 5 miles of Forbes between 1992 and 2019, burning about 4,002 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 59 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 | 115 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 59 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 27963 HWY 96 |
| 7 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 196 |
| 4 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 184 |
| 4 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 232 CR 639 |
| 23 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 22 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Le Verte | 1.4 miles | 9 | |
| Bessmay | 3.5 miles | 9 | |
| Buna | 5.6 miles | 9 | |
| Call Junction | 5.8 miles | 9 | |
| Bunker Hill | 7.8 miles | 9 | |
| Quinn | 10.4 miles | 13 | |
| Kirbyville | 10.6 miles | 9 | |
| J and E Junction | 11.2 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379784. 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.