BlockMankins Mill, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Breckenridge South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76464. The Survey maps it on the Eolian quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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 Albany quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Albany quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Eolian quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Stamford quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
20 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Mankins Mill between 2005 and 2020, burning about 2,981 acres in total. 4 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 | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 August 2020 | Natural | 1,120 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1853 |
| 29 August 2020 | Natural | 518 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WADE RANCH |
| 29 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HUBBARD CREEK |
| 25 August 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 60 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MCCLYMOND FIRE |
| 30 July 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | DITCH FIRE |
| 27 July 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 567 WEST |
| 22 July 2020 | Natural | 71 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | EOLIAN |
| 21 July 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.2 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eolian | 2.4 miles | 13 | |
| Eureka | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| Harpersville | 7.5 miles | 13 | |
| South Hanlon | 10.9 miles | 14 | |
| Breckenridge | 10.9 miles | 14 | |
| Gunsight | 12.6 miles | 13 | |
| Wayland | 12.6 miles | 13 | |
| Necessity | 15.0 miles | 12 |
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 Q122545031 | 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 1378641. 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.