BlockGalle, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Northeast Guadalupe census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78638. It stands on Long Creek. The Survey maps it on the Geronimo quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1911 USGS San Marcos quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1919 USGS San Marcos quadrangle1:125000
- 1930 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Geronimo quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
21 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Galle between 2006 and 2019, burning about 284 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| 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 March 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 2 March 2006 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ZORN FIRE |
| 2 March 2006 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 26 February 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 25 February 2013 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PARK DRIVE WILDLAND |
| 13 February 2019 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1101 GRASS FIRE |
| 12 February 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BOENIG ROAD FIRE |
| 13 December 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 758 FIRE |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378340. 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.