BlockFour Points, Texas
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Northwest Travis census division. It lies near Comanche Peak. The Survey maps it on the Jollyville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 23 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.
- 1896 USGS Austin quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Austin quadrangle1:125000
- 1910 USGS Austin quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1932 USGS Mt. Bonnell quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Lake Travis quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1968 USGS Jollyville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Austin quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1987 USGS Jollyville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
23 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Four Points between 2006 and 2020, burning about 232 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | VILLAGE WEST |
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 125 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | STEINER RANCH FIRE |
| 16 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 20200001672 |
| 13 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 85991 |
| 13 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 July 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | LIME CREEK RD |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marshall Ford | 2.0 miles | 24 | |
| Steiner Ranch | 2.5 miles | 24 | |
| Volente | 3.4 miles | 24 | |
| Hudson Bend | 4.1 miles | 24 | |
| River Hills | 4.5 miles | 25 | |
| Greenshores | 4.8 miles | 25 | |
| Buffalo Gap | 5.4 miles | 24 | |
| North Shore Acres | 5.8 miles | 24 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1357632. 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.