BlockGartman View, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Comanche census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76442. The Survey maps it on the Comanche quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 13 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.
- 1889 USGS Brownwood quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Brownwood quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Brownwood quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1969 USGS Comanche quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Comanche quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
110 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 110 fires within 5 miles of Gartman View between 2006 and 2019, burning about 1,072 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 44 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 31 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2861 |
| 5 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 850 CR 408 |
| 30 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6100 HWY 2318 COMANCHE |
| 30 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RUSH CREEK FIRE |
| 3 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ALDERMAN FIRE |
| 20 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 16 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | TRUCK FIRE @ ALLSUP |
| 13 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6610 HWY 2318 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122558214 | 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 1378344. 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.