BlockHilltop Lakes, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Normangee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77871. It stands on Hines Branch. The Survey maps it on the Hilltop Lakes quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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.
- 1954 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Hilltop Lakes quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Marlin quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
50 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Hilltop Lakes between 1996 and 2015, burning about 833 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 32 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 14 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SCRUB FIRE |
| 25 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 2 August 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | NASS |
| 2 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 15 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2012099 |
| 13 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 9 July 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2009038 |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1359288. 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.