BlockKirk, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Prairie Hill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76664. The Survey maps it on the Ben Hur quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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 Waco quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Groesbeck quadrangle1:62500
- 1966 USGS Ben Hur quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Mexia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
25 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Kirk between 2005 and 2019, burning about 430 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 903201603 |
| 12 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 9121 |
| 10 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 3 August 2014 | Debris and open burning | 44 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SPIDER FIRE |
| 3 August 2008 | Natural | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 213 |
| 15 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 13 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 150 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kirk in 4 storm reports between 2009 and 2023: 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kirk | $10,000 | A building at the Prairie Hill Dragway suffered damage and light poles in the area were bent. |
| March 2016 | Flash Flood | Kirk | $5,000 | Limestone County Sheriff's Department reported that the westbound lane of State Highway 164 remain closed due to floodwaters and debris. Several county roads across central Limestone County remain flooded. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Kirk | - | A trained spotter reported dime sized hail about a mile northeast of Mart, TX. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Kirk | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380867. 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.