BlockJones Creek, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the El Campo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77437. The Survey maps it on the New Taiton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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.
- 1953 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS New Taiton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS El Campo quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
18 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Jones Creek between 2008 and 2010, burning about 119 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
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 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 26 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 19 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 August 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 300 CR 370 |
| 3 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 July 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 June 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 22 June 2008 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Taiton | 2.2 miles | 8 | |
| Hahn | 4.5 miles | 8 | |
| El Campo | 6.6 miles | 8 | |
| Pierce | 6.8 miles | 8 | |
| Taiton (historical) | 7.0 miles | 8 | |
| Glen Flora | 7.6 miles | 9 | |
| Dorman | 8.2 miles | 8 | |
| Mackay | 8.7 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380010. 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.