BlockKings Highway, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It lies in ZIP code area 77859. It stands on Parker Branch. The Survey maps it on the Edge quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
3 surveys from 7 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 Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Edge quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Bryan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
28 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Kings Highway between 2005 and 2019, burning about 1,015 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 112 |
| 8 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | OSR |
| 22 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 15924 E OSR |
| 20 July 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 18118 |
| 17 July 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 18120 |
| 16 July 2018 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1940 GRASS FIRE |
| 8 May 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 17-0000018 |
| 17 May 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Macey | 0.9 miles | 7 | |
| Edge | 5.2 miles | 7 | |
| Union | 7.2 miles | 7 | |
| Cottonwood | 9.8 miles | 7 | |
| Democrat Crossing | 11.5 miles | 10 | |
| Kurten | 12.0 miles | 7 | |
| Tabor | 12.7 miles | 7 | |
| Moore | 13.6 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2034811. 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.