BlockFriendship, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Kirbyville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75966. It stands on Taylor Branch. The Survey maps it on the Newton West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1952 USGS Lake Charles quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Lake Charles quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Roganville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Newton West quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS DeRidder quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
216 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 216 fires within 5 miles of Friendship between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,102 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 36 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 | 137 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 36 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 2005 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 312 |
| 30 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | K10-129 |
| 30 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 326 |
| 3 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Livingston Area | WOODVILLE - 9097 |
| 29 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 28 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | K10-124 |
| 25 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roganville | 2.0 miles | 9 | |
| Bon Ami | 4.7 miles | 9 | |
| Eclipse | 5.9 miles | 9 | |
| Zion Hill | 6.4 miles | 9 | |
| Keithton | 6.4 miles | 9 | |
| Erin | 6.5 miles | 9 | |
| J and E Junction | 7.8 miles | 9 | |
| Holly Springs | 8.0 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379805. 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.