BlockGriffith, Texas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Maypearl census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76084. It stands on Spring Branch. The Survey maps it on the Maypearl quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 16 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.
- 1891 USGS Cleburne quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Cleburne quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Maypearl quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Cleburne quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
117 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 117 fires within 5 miles of Griffith between 2006 and 2020, burning about 1,228 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 53 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 45 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1406 WELCH |
| 29 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 3540 MOUNTAIN VIEW DR |
| 26 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 009-190 |
| 22 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 20 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 13 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6424 VV JONES RD |
| 4 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 3351 MOUNTAIN VIEW DR |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Griffith in 1 storm report in 2015: 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2015 | Flood | Griffith | - | Several areas in mainly the southern half of Ennis County remained flooded. Law enforcement reported that residual flooding was still occurring on FM 985 at McCrady Rd. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain Peak | 4.4 miles | 17 | |
| Auburn | 5.0 miles | 16 | |
| Maypearl | 5.2 miles | 16 | |
| Ward | 7.1 miles | 17 | |
| Lone Elm | 8.9 miles | 10 | |
| Boz | 9.0 miles | 11 | |
| Midlothian | 9.0 miles | 10 | |
| Sardis | 10.0 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378388. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.