BlockHanover, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Gause-Milano census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77857. It lies near Wilson Hill. The Survey maps it on the Hanover quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
3 surveys from 7 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.
- 1954 USGS Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Hanover quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Bryan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
10 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Hanover between 2008 and 2018, burning about 462 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 | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2095 |
| 25 August 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | KEN STONE |
| 9 May 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 400 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WILLIE FIRE |
| 5 March 2012 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WALL |
| 3 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | KEN STONE FIRE |
| 17 March 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BAKER FIRE |
| 19 February 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 18 February 2008 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty | 2.5 miles | 7 | |
| Hoyte | 5.1 miles | 8 | |
| Gause | 5.5 miles | 7 | |
| Marlow | 6.1 miles | 8 | |
| Branchville | 6.3 miles | 7 | |
| Maysfield | 6.6 miles | 7 | |
| Milano | 6.8 miles | 8 | |
| Port Sullivan (historical) | 8.3 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379885. 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.