BlockHilltop, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Fredericksburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78624. The Survey maps it on the Cherry Mountain quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1894 USGS Fredericksburg quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Cherry Mountain quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Pedernales River quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
53 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Hilltop between 2005 and 2020, burning about 985 acres in total. 2 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 | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 25 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 9 August 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 240 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WALKING PLOW |
| 3 August 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 506 ROCKY CREEK ROAD |
| 29 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 25 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BARONS CREEK CROSSING |
| 23 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 26 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | KOTHE |
| 21 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Hilltop: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cherry Mountain Mine | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cherry Mountain | 2.6 miles | 11 | |
| Cherry Spring | 6.3 miles | 11 | |
| Crabapple | 7.6 miles | 12 | |
| Doss | 9.2 miles | 11 | |
| Fredericksburg | 9.9 miles | 12 | |
| Tivydale | 12.3 miles | 11 | |
| Eckert | 12.3 miles | 12 | |
| Morris Ranch | 12.7 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379935. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.