BlockLevinson, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Van Horn Rural census division. It lies near Spring Hills Draw. The Survey maps it on the Gomez Peak quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1928 USGS Kent quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Van Horn quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Van Horn quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Gomez Peak quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Van Horn quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
11 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Levinson between 2006 and 2014, burning about 327 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | I-10 NEAR MP 181 |
| 9 June 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | I-10 NEAR MP 175 |
| 28 June 2008 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 May 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | I-10 NEAR MP 183 |
| 1 May 2009 | Debris and open burning | 195 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COWDEN |
| 6 April 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | I-10 NEAR MP 179 |
| 13 April 2014 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RR NEAR I-10 MP 184 |
| 26 March 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JM FOLKS-N KENT |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kent | 5.6 miles | 8 | |
| Boracho | 14.4 miles | 8 | |
| Ort | 18.6 miles | 8 | |
| Grisham Pumping Station | 24.7 miles | 8 | |
| Old Christian Place | 31.7 miles | 6 | |
| Van Horn | 38.0 miles | 13 | |
| Lobo | 39.0 miles | 12 | |
| Corner Windmill | 40.0 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380079. 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.