Ike, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Three Rivers census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78022. It stands on South Fork Salt Branch. The Survey maps it on the Three Rivers quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 11 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.
- 1920 USGS Mikeska quadrangle1:125000
- 1927 USGS Oakville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Three Rivers quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS George West quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
48 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Ike between 2006 and 2020, burning about 917 acres in total. 1 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 | 24 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 10 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | G.W GRASS FIRE |
| 10 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 9 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GULLY |
| 6 August 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRUSH FIRE/ SOUTH OF THREE RIVERS |
| 31 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | TRVFD2018102 |
| 22 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TRVFD2011-102 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ike in 1 storm report in 2009: 1 lightning. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2009 | Lightning | Ike | $15,000 | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| George West | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| Oakville | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| Three Rivers | 5.0 miles | 11 | |
| Simmons | 6.8 miles | 12 | |
| River Creek Acres | 8.6 miles | 12 | |
| Mikeska | 9.2 miles | 12 | |
| Ray Point | 9.2 miles | 9 | |
| Karon | 10.1 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378478. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.







