BlockForest Grove, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Rockdale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76567. The Survey maps it on the Hicks quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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.
- 1954 USGS Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Milano quadrangle1:62500
- 1962 USGS Hicks quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Bryan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
63 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of Forest Grove between 2004 and 2019, burning about 855 acres in total. 2 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 | 32 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 26 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 25 September 2015 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | STRUCTURE/GRASS FIRE |
| 22 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 320 |
| 22 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 908 |
| 18 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE ON 908 |
| 8 August 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 303 |
| 3 August 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ROCKDALE HAY BALE/GRASS FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Forest Grove: 2 unknowns, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum, Contained or Metal, Titanium, Zirconium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Rockdale Aluminum Smelter | Aluminum, Contained or Metal | Plant | 1952 | |
| Colvin Sandstone Deposit | Titanium | Unknown | ||
| Colvin Sandstone Deposit | Zirconium | Unknown |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Forest Grove | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q122929262 | 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 2034702. 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.