BlockGinsite, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Paducah South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79248. The Survey maps it on the Ginsite quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
3 surveys from 8 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.
- 1954 USGS Lubbock quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1968 USGS Ginsite quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Dickens quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
21 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Ginsite between 2007 and 2019, burning about 1,264 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 2 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 | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASSFIRE 8 MILES WEST HWY 70 |
| 7 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 28 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 20 September 2011 | Natural | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JACOBS FIRE |
| 3 August 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 60 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DELWIN - CO RD 266 |
| 19 August 2019 | Natural | 350 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SIDE OATS |
| 13 July 2016 | Natural | 250 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CLOUD WATCH AND WILDLAND |
| 14 May 2018 | Natural | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 7 WEST OF PADUCAH |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valley View | 3.3 miles | 8 | |
| Delwin | 5.3 miles | 8 | |
| Paducah | 5.4 miles | 8 | |
| Sneedville | 6.4 miles | 8 | |
| Narcisso | 7.0 miles | 8 | |
| Chalk | 8.7 miles | 8 | |
| Hackberry | 11.4 miles | 8 | |
| Jacobs (historical) | 12.0 miles | 8 |
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 Q122559588 | 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 1379835. 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.