BlockHuff Creek, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Jasper census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75951. The Survey maps it on the Jasper East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1952 USGS Lake Charles quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Lake Charles quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Roganville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Jasper East quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS DeRidder quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
174 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 174 fires within 5 miles of Huff Creek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,182 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 21 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 104 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 221 |
| 29 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | COUNTY LINE |
| 29 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 24 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | MAGNOLIA |
| 22 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 19 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holly Springs | 2.8 miles | 9 | |
| Harrisburg | 5.2 miles | 9 | |
| Keithton | 5.2 miles | 9 | |
| Blox | 5.3 miles | 9 | |
| Jasper | 5.9 miles | 9 | |
| New Blox | 6.1 miles | 9 | |
| Collins | 6.4 miles | 9 | |
| Zion Hill | 8.3 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379972. 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.