BlockLake Hills, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Bandera census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78063. It lies near Goat Hill. The Survey maps it on the Medina Lake quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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 San Antonio quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Medina Lake quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Medina Lake quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS New Braunfels quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS New Braunfels quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
34 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Lake Hills between 2006 and 2014, burning about 283 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 August 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRUSH FIRE |
| 25 July 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM1283/CR271 |
| 23 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 22 July 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 1283 |
| 19 July 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRUSH FIRE |
| 12 July 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 267 |
| 12 July 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRUSH FIRE |
| 12 July 2008 | Debris and open burning | 100 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Medina Highlands | 1.2 miles | 10 | |
| Bandera Falls | 6.4 miles | 11 | |
| English Crossing | 6.9 miles | 11 | |
| Lakehills | 9.6 miles | 11 | |
| Pipe Creek | 9.6 miles | 11 | |
| Bandera | 11.8 miles | 9 | |
| Highland Waters | 15.2 miles | 9 | |
| Tarpley | 18.1 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1339504. 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.