BlockIuka, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Poteet census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78065. It stands on Post Oak Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rossville quadrangle. It stands 515 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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.
- 1954 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Rossville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
148 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 148 fires within 5 miles of Iuka between 2005 and 2020, burning about 849 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 | 50 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 45 |
| Smoking | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 20 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TOM BROOKS |
| 23 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 55 GALINDO LANE |
| 2 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PHIL GREEN |
| 15 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS 44 |
| 8 August 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 173 GRASS FIRE |
| 7 August 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CLIMMER |
| 7 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | UNKNOWN |
| 5 August 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HERNANDEZ ROUND BALER |
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.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Iuka | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q100710293 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379991. 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.