BlockHoen, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Axtell census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76691. It stands on Ash Creek. The Survey maps it on the Penelope 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
- 1956 USGS Penelope quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Mexia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
98 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 98 fires within 5 miles of Hoen between 2006 and 2020, burning about 536 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 49 |
| Debris and open burning | 25 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | TRASH BURNING |
| 8 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | POWER LINE |
| 6 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MUTUAL AID-LEROY-GRASS |
| 6 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MUTUAL AID STAND BY |
| 5 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 19 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | COTTON FIRE |
| 18 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 14 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COTTON FIRE |
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 1378462. 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.