BlockFort Griffin, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Albany census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76430. It stands on Collins Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fort Griffin quadrangle.
On record in Fort Griffin
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- Fort Griffin Brazos River Bridgelisted 1979
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1892 USGS Albany quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Albany quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Fort Griffin quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Stamford quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
29 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Fort Griffin between 2005 and 2012, burning about 3,644 acres in total. 8 started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
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 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 16 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 12 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 18 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 12 August 2010 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CALDWELL |
| 12 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CALDWELL # 2 |
| 11 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 11 August 2006 | Natural | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Storms near this place
1 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fort Griffin in 1 storm report in 1993: 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 1993 | Hail | Fort Griffin | - | no account filed |
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 1378312. 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.