BlockFriday, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Glendale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75845. The Survey maps it on the Glendale quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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 Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Glendale quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Crockett quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
77 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 77 fires within 5 miles of Friday between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,403 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 5 were 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 | 40 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 32 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 880 |
| 8 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 198 |
| 5 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 390 |
| 4 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 40 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 842 |
| 3 September 2012 | Natural | 84 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 8063 |
| 2 September 2000 | Natural | 31 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 362 |
| 19 September 2004 | Natural | 12 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 30 |
| 17 September 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 103 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Friday in 2 storm reports between 2009 and 2024: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westville | 4.7 miles | 11 | |
| Saron | 5.0 miles | 10 | |
| Pennington | 5.9 miles | 10 | |
| Glendale | 6.7 miles | 10 | |
| Red Branch | 8.1 miles | 9 | |
| Groveton | 8.2 miles | 11 | |
| Friendship | 9.1 miles | 10 | |
| Lacy | 9.2 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2034915. 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.