BlockGrady, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Tarzan-Lenorah census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79749. The Survey maps it on the Lenorah West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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 Big Spring quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Big Spring quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Lenorah West quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Big Spring quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
12 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Grady between 2008 and 2011, burning about 218 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 July 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR3800 |
| 12 July 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 11 July 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 11 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 June 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 26 June 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 18 May 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 March 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tarzan | 2.4 miles | 8 | |
| Lenorah | 2.9 miles | 8 | |
| Merrick | 7.2 miles | 8 | |
| Courtney | 11.1 miles | 8 | |
| Brown | 13.1 miles | 9 | |
| Three Leagues | 13.2 miles | 8 | |
| Stanton | 14.4 miles | 8 | |
| Flower Grove | 14.6 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378375. 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.