BlockGus, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Caldwell census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77836. The Survey maps it on the Deanville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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.
- 1919 USGS Dime Box quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Deanville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1993 USGS Brenham quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
89 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of Gus between 2003 and 2020, burning about 851 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 49 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | BASSLER ROW |
| 29 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 414 GRASS FIRE |
| 29 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | ZGAYBY HAY FIRE |
| 29 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 27 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 27 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 26 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE BAKER HUES |
| 19 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gus in 3 storm reports between 2010 and 2020: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gus | - | Trees and power lines were downed in the CR 322 and CR 324 area. |
| February 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Gus | - | Large trees were downed and blocked parts of County Road 319. |
| June 2010 | Flash Flood | Gus | - | High water was reported on roadways in numerous locations near Caldwell including Hwy 36 and County Road 377 on the north side of town, FM 696 near the Highway 21 intersection, and FM 60 and FM 908 west of Caldwell. |
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 1379872. 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.