BlockGreens Crossing, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Florence census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76527. The Survey maps it on the Mahomet quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 13 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.
- 1893 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1964 USGS Mahomet quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Taylor quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
112 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 112 fires within 5 miles of Greens Crossing between 2004 and 2020, burning about 1,346 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 3 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 | 42 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 33 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 23 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 10000 US183 |
| 27 September 2011 | Natural | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | NORTH FORK FIRE |
| 24 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | MEMO |
| 20 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 34 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FENCE POST |
| 2 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 800 ABBEY RD |
| 17 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 845 CR220 |
| 1 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 1 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andice | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Florence | 5.7 miles | 13 | |
| Hunt Crossing | 11.1 miles | 15 | |
| Liberty Hill | 11.8 miles | 13 | |
| Santa Rita Ranch | 12.3 miles | 15 | |
| Seward Junction | 12.6 miles | 13 | |
| Sun City | 12.8 miles | 20 | |
| Russell Crossing | 13.8 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379860. 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.