BlockGarden Acres, Texas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Fort Worth census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76028. It stands on Deer Creek. The Survey maps it on the Burleson quadrangle. It stands 679 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 14 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.
- 1894 USGS Fort Worth quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Burleson quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Fort Worth quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
175 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 175 fires within 5 miles of Garden Acres between 2005 and 2020, burning about 899 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 124 |
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Smoking | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | OAK GROVE |
| 24 September 2019 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ALTAMESA |
| 24 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MITCHELL |
| 23 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FEATHERSTONE |
| 22 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FAWN HILL |
| 21 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | WILLOW GLEN |
| 19 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CHATEAU |
| 11 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | RIVER OAKS |
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.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Garden Acres | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22076487 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1336386. 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.