BlockLake Shore, Texas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Bangs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76801. It stands on Rough Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lake Brownwood quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 17 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.
- 1887 USGS Coleman quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1889 USGS Coleman quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1924 USGS Brownwood Reservoir Site quadrangle1:48000
- 1927 USGS Grosvenor quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Brownwood quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1969 USGS Lake Brownwood quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Coleman quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
308 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 308 fires within 5 miles of Lake Shore between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,453 acres in total. 4 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 | 93 |
| Debris and open burning | 88 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 75 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 18 |
| Smoking | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
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 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | OAK 7407 |
| 4 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 563 7400 |
| 28 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 2125 7417 |
| 27 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | IRLAND (4141) |
| 25 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 279 |
| 23 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BELFAST (3140) |
| 21 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 574 (4135) |
| 2 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | NEAL DR 7396 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shamrock Shores | 0.8 miles | 17 | |
| Thrifty | 2.5 miles | 15 | |
| Lake Brownwood | 4.4 miles | 17 | |
| Grosvenor | 4.8 miles | 15 | |
| Fry | 4.9 miles | 15 | |
| Blackwell Crossing | 5.8 miles | 15 | |
| Byrds | 6.3 miles | 17 | |
| Bangs | 8.1 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1339512. 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.