BlockHegar, Texas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Prairie View-Waller census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77447. It stands on Brushy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hockley quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1916 USGS Hockley quadrangle1:24000
- 1920 USGS Hockley quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Hockley quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Conroe quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
97 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 97 fires within 5 miles of Hegar between 1992 and 2018, burning about 585 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 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 | 64 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 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 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 28 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 22 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HAY FIRE |
| 2 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 18 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 17 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 1 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 5 August 1996 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waller | 6.7 miles | 15 | |
| Fields Store | 7.1 miles | 11 | |
| Prairie View | 8.6 miles | 15 | |
| Fetzer | 8.7 miles | 12 | |
| Rolling Hills | 10.8 miles | 8 | |
| Pine Island | 11.8 miles | 10 | |
| Howth | 13.1 miles | 8 | |
| Hempstead | 13.3 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378434. 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.