BlockHillebrandt, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the LaBelle census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77705. It lies near Johns Gully. The Survey maps it on the Port Acres quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1950 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Port Acres quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1975 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Anahuac quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Port Acres quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
8 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Hillebrandt between 2006 and 2012, burning about 531 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 April 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 170 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 183 |
| 17 April 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 111 |
| 3 March 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | KARNES RD GRASS FIRE |
| 10 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.2 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 365 |
| 4 December 2010 | Debris and open burning | 90 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 486 |
| 17 November 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 250 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON-1028 |
| 23 October 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 2 January 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 11865 MEADOW LANE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lovell Lake | 0.9 miles | 12 | |
| Viterbo | 4.0 miles | 12 | |
| La Belle | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| Hebert | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| Beauxart Gardens | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| Port Acres | 4.8 miles | 12 | |
| Taylor Landing | 5.0 miles | 9 | |
| Lucas | 5.1 miles | 12 |
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 Q122541922 | 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 1359270. 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.