BlockFords Prairie, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Flatonia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78949. The Survey maps it on the Togo quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1901 USGS Flatonia quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Togo quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
27 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Fords Prairie between 1992 and 2020, burning about 143 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SOUTH BRANCH - 102 |
| 24 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | KOVAR FIRE |
| 24 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | VYVJALA RD FIRE |
| 14 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 26 August 1992 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 14 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | OLD LOCKHART |
| 8 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | VISTA RANCH RD. FIRE |
| 28 July 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BOEHNKE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Fords Prairie: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Bentonite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baroid Muldoon Mine | Bentonite | Past Producer | ||
| Henderson Pit | Bentonite | Producer |
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 1379785. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.