BlockLightner, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Eden-Millersview census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76858. The Survey maps it on the Melvin quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 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.
- 1892 USGS Eden quadrangle1:125000
- 1896 USGS Eden quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Brownwood quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Melvin quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Brady quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
5 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Lightner between 2008 and 2011, burning about 604 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 May 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 126 |
| 12 April 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MUTUAL AID/MCCULLOGH CO/CR 126/FORD & SCHMIDT RCH |
| 12 April 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 600 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FORD FIRE IN |
| 3 December 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 October 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2028 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pasche | 7.2 miles | 12 | |
| Eden | 13.6 miles | 11 | |
| Live Oak | 16.6 miles | 12 | |
| Millersview | 20.8 miles | 12 | |
| Henderson Chapel | 26.4 miles | 11 | |
| Vick | 29.2 miles | 11 | |
| Concho | 30.1 miles | 16 | |
| Paint Rock | 30.9 miles | 14 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122560393 | 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 1380874. 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.