BlockHitt, Texas
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1973. It stands in the Dalhart census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79022. The Survey maps it on the Dalhart East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 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 Dalhart quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Dalhart quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Dalhart quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Dalhart East quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
47 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Hitt between 2006 and 2018, burning about 1,417 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2010 | Smoking | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 54 EAST 7 MILES |
| 23 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 125 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 23 August 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 385 NORTH |
| 13 August 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1 MILE EAST ON US HWY 54 |
| 5 July 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 3281 FM 297 |
| 5 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | RAWLINGS & 5TH |
| 31 July 2014 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | AIR PORT LN. |
| 24 July 2012 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 54 EAST 3 MILES |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chamberlin | 3.7 miles | 6 | |
| Dalhart | 5.5 miles | 6 | |
| Irwin | 8.5 miles | 6 | |
| Bolin | 10.5 miles | 6 | |
| Conlen | 13.5 miles | 6 | |
| Ware | 15.1 miles | 6 | |
| Bunker Hill | 23.1 miles | 6 | |
| Perico | 25.1 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1889707. 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.