BlockFordtran, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Victoria census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77995. The Survey maps it on the Fordtran quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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 Seguin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Fordtran quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Cuero quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
44 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Fordtran between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,314 acres in total. 3 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 | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FORDTRAN ROAD FIRE |
| 6 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | NURSERY RD FIRE |
| 27 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 2 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 13 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FOSTER ROAD FIRE |
| 11 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 1 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FORDTRAN GRASS FIRE |
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.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122547440 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1357550. 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.