BlockHenkhaus, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Moulton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77984. The Survey maps it on the Moulton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1901 USGS Flatonia quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Moulton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
17 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Henkhaus between 2006 and 2011, burning about 58 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 | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | REGGIE OTHOLD |
| 2 August 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ORSAK FIRE |
| 9 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 July 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 13 June 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ORSAK |
| 13 June 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | TIPPY ROTHER FIRE |
| 29 May 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BILL BRADFIELD |
| 15 February 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MAX MOORE |
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.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122594948 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378439. 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.