BlockKoppe, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the South Brazos census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77845. The Survey maps it on the Wellborn quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 10 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
- 1956 USGS Bryan quadrangle1:62500
- 1961 USGS Wellborn quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1993 USGS Bryan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
388 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 388 fires within 5 miles of Koppe between 1995 and 2020, burning about 772 acres in total. 3 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 | 152 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 76 |
| Debris and open burning | 74 |
| Smoking | 47 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 21 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MARGRAVES FIRE |
| 8 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 17-6258 GREENS PRAIRIE FIRE |
| 8 September 2015 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 15-5694 BOSWELL FIRE |
| 7 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1906945 HARVEY MITCHELL FIRE |
| 7 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 16-5882 TRAILER FIRE |
| 7 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 15-5661 SANDSTONE FIRE |
| 7 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 11-0004464 HARVEY MITCHELL HOT SPOT |
| 5 September 2014 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 14-0005468 ARRINGTON FIRE |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380038. 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.