BlockLaban, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Eagle Lake census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78935. It stands on Sandy Branch. The Survey maps it on the Alleyton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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
- 1957 USGS Eagle Lake quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Alleyton quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Eagle Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Laban between 1997 and 2009, burning about 1,854 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 |
|---|---|
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 August 1997 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 July 2009 | Fireworks | 1,804 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | REESE LANE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 33 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 33 workings within 5 miles of Laban: 21 past producers, 12 producers. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thurstenburg Pit | Silica | Producer | ||
| Alleyton Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel, Sand | |
| B and B Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel, Sand | |
| B. B. Pit No. 4 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Columbus Const Alleyton Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gulf Coast Road Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Helms Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel, Sand | |
| Horton and Horton Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Flint, Gravel | |
| Jayray Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel, Sand | |
| Sprint Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 1378547. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.