BlockHaw Creek, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Fayetteville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78954. It stands on Kreb Branch. The Survey maps it on the Round Top quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
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
- 1958 USGS Round Top quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Brenham quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
9 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Haw Creek (historical) between 1998 and 2011, burning about 183 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 | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 August 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SOUTH BRANCH - 29 |
| 23 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | 75 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SANDY LANE |
| 30 May 1998 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 March 2002 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CENTRAL TX - 15 |
| 24 March 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ROZOV FIRE |
| 20 February 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 954 FIRE |
| 13 February 2011 | Smoking | 80 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HALAMICEK FIRE |
| 2 December 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MUTUAL AID |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willow Springs | 3.1 miles | 9 | |
| Roznov | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| Rek Hill | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| Warrenton | 5.3 miles | 7 | |
| Round Top | 5.4 miles | 7 | |
| Winedale | 5.8 miles | 7 | |
| Walhalla | 6.8 miles | 8 | |
| Fayetteville | 7.0 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2034735. 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.