BlockHilda, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Mason West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76856. It stands on Church Creek. The Survey maps it on the Loyal Valley quadrangle. It stands 1,480 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1887 USGS Mason quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Mason quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Loyal Valley quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Mason quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
18 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Hilda between 2007 and 2018, burning about 1,300 acres in total. 3 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 | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2011 | Natural | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ZESCH FIRE |
| 23 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RR1723/SIMONSVILLE RD/TWO SISTERS RD |
| 6 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | US87S |
| 28 July 2015 | Debris and open burning | 492 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ECKERT ROAD |
| 27 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 130 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MASON CO. HILDA |
| 23 July 2017 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | US87S/SIMONSVILLE RD/TPLUENNEKE |
| 21 July 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 450 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MEPKIN |
| 19 July 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | US87S/BLUEBONNETHILL RD |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hedwigs Hill | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Loyal Valley | 5.7 miles | 13 | |
| Grossville | 8.1 miles | 13 | |
| Art | 10.5 miles | 13 | |
| Mason | 12.8 miles | 13 | |
| Koockville | 13.8 miles | 12 | |
| Grit | 17.4 miles | 12 | |
| Streeter | 18.5 miles | 13 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Hilda | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5761303 | 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 1379932. 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.