BlockHylton, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Blackwell-Nolan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79506. It lies near Magness Draw. The Survey maps it on the Hylton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 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.
- 1893 USGS Sweetwater quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Big Spring quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Big Spring quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Hylton quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Sweetwater quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
41 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Hylton between 2006 and 2020, burning about 2,023 acres in total. 7 started naturally. None 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 | 17 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2010 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PETTY RANCH |
| 14 September 2011 | Natural | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ANTILLEY RANCH WEST FIRE |
| 1 September 2019 | Natural | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | NORTH 70 |
| 9 August 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 196 & 1170 |
| 8 August 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TURKEY TRACK |
| 25 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 24 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 24 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 50 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378476. 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.