BlockGrass Pond Colony, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Floresville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78121. The Survey maps it on the La Vernia SW quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1954 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS La Vernia SW quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1992 USGS La Vernia SW quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
145 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 145 fires within 5 miles of Grass Pond Colony between 2005 and 2019, burning about 1,071 acres in total. None started naturally. 24 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 75 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CUELLAR |
| 26 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GONZALES, E |
| 25 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 24 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 16 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 13 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 12 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 97 ROADSIDE |
| 31 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HOLCOMB FIRE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sutherland Springs | 4.1 miles | 9 | |
| Unity | 5.5 miles | 9 | |
| Kicaster | 5.8 miles | 10 | |
| Calaveras | 7.2 miles | 9 | |
| La Vernia | 7.3 miles | 9 | |
| Floresville | 8.2 miles | 10 | |
| Sunnyside | 8.7 miles | 9 | |
| Canada Verde | 8.8 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379852. 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.