BlockGreen, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Kenedy census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78119. The Survey maps it on the Tulsita quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 9 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.
- 1936 USGS Pettus quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Pettus quadrangle1:62500
- 1960 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Tulsita quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Goliad quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
42 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Green between 2005 and 2020, burning about 909 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 1 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TXDOT - TX72 AT CR182 |
| 29 August 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ROBERT HORNEE |
| 26 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LB HAILEY FAMILY TRUST |
| 25 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JAY TENBERG |
| 21 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JOHN FOSTER |
| 20 August 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 392 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRAHAM RANCH |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379855. 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.