BlockGraball, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Washington-Chappell Hill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77880. The Survey maps it on the Washington quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 10 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.
- 1914 USGS Navasota quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Washington quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1993 USGS Brenham quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
65 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 65 fires within 5 miles of Graball between 2006 and 2020, burning about 175 acres in total. 4 started naturally. None 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 | 51 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MIRACLE FARM |
| 6 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 22 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DAVID WOLF |
| 9 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MILLER |
| 6 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BARROLL |
| 27 August 2009 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WVFD |
| 23 August 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 22 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ASIAN CAJIN |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brown College | 2.5 miles | 8 | |
| Goodwill | 3.1 miles | 8 | |
| Washington | 4.3 miles | 10 | |
| Daniels | 5.9 miles | 8 | |
| Whitman | 6.0 miles | 8 | |
| William Penn | 8.6 miles | 10 | |
| Earlywine | 9.8 miles | 9 | |
| Sandy Hill | 10.2 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378373. 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.