BlockLavender, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Groesbeck census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76642. It lies near Horn Hill. The Survey maps it on the Ben Hur quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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 Waco quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Groesbeck quadrangle1:62500
- 1966 USGS Ben Hur quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Mexia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
37 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Lavender between 2005 and 2020, burning about 814 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 2 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 | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2009 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 339 AND LCR 616 GRASS FIRE |
| 3 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 903201603 |
| 6 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 80601 |
| 6 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 120 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 August 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TRACTOR |
| 3 August 2014 | Debris and open burning | 44 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SPIDER 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 1380872. 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.