BlockGordon Junction, Texas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Strawn-Gordon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76453. The Survey maps it on the Gordon quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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 Palo Pinto quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1918 USGS Palo Pinto quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Gordon quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Gordon quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Mineral Wells quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
235 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 235 fires within 5 miles of Gordon Junction between 2006 and 2020, burning about 3,556 acres in total. 10 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 97 |
| Debris and open burning | 65 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ROCK |
| 8 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 7R - #4 |
| 8 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GILMORE |
| 6 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | REED |
| 4 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BAKER |
| 29 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 370I20 |
| 27 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 374I20 |
| 22 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY193 |
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 Q122546682 | 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 1378370. 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.