BlockGifford, Texas
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Northeast Dallas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75231. It stands on Floyd Branch. The Survey maps it on the Addison quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 24 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.
- 1891 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1931 USGS Carrollton quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Addison quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1959 USGS Carrollton quadrangle1:62500
- 1986 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
144 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 144 fires within 5 miles of Gifford between 2001 and 2017, burning about 287 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 115 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | THICKET |
| 8 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | SCOUT |
| 7 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | MOCKINGBIRD |
| 6 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | BROOK |
| 5 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | WATERCHASE |
| 3 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FOREST |
| 3 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | MONTFORD |
| 28 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | N CENTRAL EXPWY |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bouchard | 0.7 miles | 24 | |
| Meaders | 2.6 miles | 24 | |
| Audelia | 2.7 miles | 20 | |
| Buckingham | 3.4 miles | 20 | |
| Inwood | 3.7 miles | 24 | |
| University Park | 3.8 miles | 26 | |
| Richardson | 4.0 miles | 20 | |
| Bethard | 4.0 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378352. 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.