BlockLocker, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Richland Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76871. It stands on Locker Hill. The Survey maps it on the Bowser quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1885 USGS San Saba quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS San Saba quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1925 USGS San Saba 2-b quadrangle1:48000
- 1930 USGS Richland Springs quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Richland Springs quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Richland Springs quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Brownwood quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Bowser quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS San Saba quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
52 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Locker between 2004 and 2020, burning about 1,650 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 22 |
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| 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 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE 2 |
| 7 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WILLBARKER |
| 4 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HAMMRICK (3) |
| 4 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | RAY 2 |
| 30 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CARLISLE |
| 3 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RAY |
| 29 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MILLER |
| 15 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | UNK |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Skeeterville | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Bowser | 4.0 miles | 15 | |
| Spring Creek | 4.3 miles | 14 | |
| Holt | 7.1 miles | 14 | |
| Richland Springs | 7.9 miles | 14 | |
| Elm Grove | 9.1 miles | 15 | |
| Fairview | 9.8 miles | 14 | |
| China Creek | 9.9 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380094. 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.