BlockHansford, Texas
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Spearman census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79081. The Survey maps it on the Hansford quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 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 Perryton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Perryton quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Hansford quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Spearman quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
20 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Hansford between 2006 and 2015, burning about 198 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 11 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2 MILES WEST SPEARMAN FIRE |
| 29 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | OLD HANSFORD 3 |
| 9 July 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TURNER FIRE |
| 8 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | UNKNOWN |
| 28 July 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1 MI N. D. RALSOTON FM 2387 |
| 26 July 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BOYD DITCH FIRE |
| 21 June 2006 | Natural | 20 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379886. 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.