BlockMason Crossing, Texas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Fort Cavazos census division. It stands on Riggs Run. The Survey maps it on the Post Oak Mountain quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1894 USGS Gatesville quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1930 USGS Killeen quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Killeen quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Post Oak Mountain quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Killeen quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Post Oak Mountain quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Temple quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Post Oak Mountain quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
20 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Mason Crossing between 2005 and 2018, burning about 15,683 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,700 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JACK MOUNTIAN FIRE |
| 21 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,500 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PILOT KNOB FIRE |
| 20 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6,180 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ROBINETTE FIRE |
| 28 July 2009 | Debris and open burning | 500 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FORT HOOD/EAST RANGE ROAD -3 |
| 25 July 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2202 SCHWALD RD |
| 24 July 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 700 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CENTRAL TX - 17 |
| 20 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,000 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | B.C.S.O. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riggs Ford | 3.3 miles | 17 | |
| Saint Elijah Village | 4.0 miles | 15 | |
| Middle Crossing | 4.2 miles | 15 | |
| House Crossing | 5.1 miles | 15 | |
| Cold Springs | 5.8 miles | 19 | |
| Comanche Village I | 6.6 miles | 15 | |
| Comanche Village II | 6.9 miles | 15 | |
| Jackson Crossing | 7.1 miles | 15 |
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 Q122545890 | 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 1380151. 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.