BlockHorton, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the De Berry-Deadwood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75639. The Survey maps it on the Grand Bluff quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 13 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.
- 1956 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Darco quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Grand Bluff quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Henderson quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
142 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 142 fires within 5 miles of Horton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,484 acres in total. 12 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 | 69 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2000 | Natural | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 373 |
| 6 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 482 |
| 28 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 11 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6160 |
| 23 September 2005 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 392 |
| 21 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 9.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6212 |
| 2 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 19 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6335 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Bluff | 4.0 miles | 13 | |
| Sterrett Hill | 5.8 miles | 13 | |
| Walnut Grove | 6.1 miles | 13 | |
| De Berry | 6.4 miles | 13 | |
| DeBerry | 6.4 miles | 13 | |
| River Hill | 6.7 miles | 17 | |
| Harris Chapel | 7.6 miles | 13 | |
| Midyett | 8.2 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2034902. 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.