BlockHarts Bluff, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Bogata census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75417. It stands on Whiteoak Creek. The Survey maps it on the Boxelder quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1953 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Boxelder quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
196 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 196 fires within 5 miles of Harts Bluff between 1992 and 2019, burning about 5,582 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 17 were 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 | 117 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 36 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 12-082 |
| 9 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 11-936 |
| 9 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 11-099 |
| 9 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 351 |
| 28 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 14-68 |
| 28 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 14-876 |
| 28 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 14-084 |
| 24 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TCRD 1925 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maple | 4.8 miles | 9 | |
| Boxelder | 6.9 miles | 9 | |
| Cuthand | 7.2 miles | 8 | |
| Pine Branch | 10.2 miles | 8 | |
| Peters Prairie | 10.4 miles | 8 | |
| Lydia | 11.2 miles | 8 | |
| Savannah (historical) | 11.2 miles | 8 | |
| Johntown | 11.5 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379903. 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.