BlockHandy, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Thorndale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76567. The Survey maps it on the Rockdale West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 15 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.
- 1885 USGS Taylor quadrangle1:125000
- 1887 USGS Taylor quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Taylor quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Rockdale West quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Taylor quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
47 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Handy between 2005 and 2020, burning about 882 acres in total. None 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 | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE W HWY 79 |
| 9 August 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE AT UNION HALL |
| 25 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 18 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HAY FIRE CR 448 |
| 16 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE CR 432 |
| 14 August 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ROUND BALES AND GRASS ON FIRE |
| 12 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 65 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRUSHY CREEK |
| 12 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE FM 908 |
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 2034741. 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.