BlockHillje, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Louise census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77455. The Survey maps it on the El Campo quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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.
- 1953 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS El Campo quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS El Campo quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
30 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Hillje between 2008 and 2009, burning about 256 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1700 S. MEADOW LN. |
| 24 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1200 W. LOOP |
| 19 August 2009 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 810 LILLY ST. |
| 5 July 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1000 MONSERETTE ST. |
| 4 July 2009 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1500 BRAVO ST. |
| 8 June 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 21 June 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hillje in 2 storm reports between 2001 and 2002: 1 funnel cloud, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2002 | Hail | Hillje | $10,000 | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Funnel Cloud | Hillje | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plainview | 2.6 miles | 8 | |
| Louise | 4.1 miles | 8 | |
| El Campo | 5.1 miles | 8 | |
| Round Mott | 8.3 miles | 8 | |
| Danevang | 9.6 miles | 8 | |
| Hahn | 9.6 miles | 8 | |
| Jones Creek | 9.7 miles | 8 | |
| Pierce | 9.8 miles | 8 |
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 Hillje | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14710496 | 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 1359277. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.