BlockHare, Texas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Taylor census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76574. The Survey maps it on the Granger Lake quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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
- 1963 USGS Friendship quadrangle1:24000
- 1963 USGS Granger Lake quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Taylor quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
53 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Hare between 2006 and 2020, burning about 442 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 31 August 2015 | Smoking | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MUTUAL AID THRALL AND GRANGER |
| 30 August 2015 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 30 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MUTUAL AID THRALL |
| 25 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 25 August 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | SMALL GRASS FIRE |
| 19 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 18 August 2011 | Smoking | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | SMALL GRASS FIRE IN WILLIAMSON CO. |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hare in 1 storm report in 2008: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hare | $5,000 | A barn along FM 1331 near Laneport received extensive roof and wall damage. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laneport | 1.4 miles | 14 | |
| Sandoval | 2.3 miles | 14 | |
| Elm Grove | 2.7 miles | 14 | |
| Hoxie | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Friendship | 4.2 miles | 14 | |
| Wuthrich Hill | 5.6 miles | 14 | |
| Thrall | 5.7 miles | 14 | |
| Waterloo | 6.5 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379889. 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.