BlockLake Shore Estates, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Fort Worth census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76126. The Survey maps it on the Benbrook quadrangle. It stands 722 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 15 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.
- 1894 USGS Fort Worth quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Benbrook quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Fort Worth quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Benbrook quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
65 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 65 fires within 5 miles of Lake Shore Estates between 2002 and 2020, burning about 5,458 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 47 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ALTAMESA |
| 3 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | W LOOP 820 S |
| 28 September 2011 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 12000 ALEDO/IONA |
| 16 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | WEST LOOP 820 |
| 1 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | SW LOOP 820 |
| 8 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | WEDDINGTON |
| 6 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HASTINGS |
| 3 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | DAN DANCIGER |
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.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Lake Shore Estates | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22076515 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1339513. 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.