BlockHinds, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Fargo-Odell census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76384. The Survey maps it on the Oklaunion quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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.
- 1955 USGS Lawton quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Davidson quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Oklaunion quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Vernon quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
33 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Hinds between 2008 and 2018, burning about 216 acres in total. 2 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 | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TEXAS ST. |
| 23 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 11000 HWY 283 |
| 9 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | METHVIN FIRE |
| 5 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SUMMEROUR ROAD |
| 25 August 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 287 #6 |
| 24 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 18109 |
| 11 August 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ROADSIDE |
| 26 July 2011 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WHEELER ST. |
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 1889887. 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.