BlockMason, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 2003. It stands in the Hemphill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75948. It stands on Sandy Branch. The Survey maps it on the Hurricane Creek quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 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.
- 1953 USGS Alexandria quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Alexandria quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Brookeland quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS Brookeland quadrangle1:62500
- 1984 USGS Hurricane Creek quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Leesville quadrangle1:100000
- 2003 USGS Hurricane Creek quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
130 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 130 fires within 5 miles of Mason between 1992 and 2020, burning about 970 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 25 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 52 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 25 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
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 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | National Forests And Grasslands In Texas | ELLIOT |
| 6 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LOCKLAND CIRCLE |
| 4 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | National Forests And Grasslands In Texas | GUIDRY |
| 4 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | National Forests And Grasslands In Texas | JAMES |
| 30 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | LAKELOW |
| 28 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 27 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JOHNSON & 3315 |
| 26 September 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | SANDER'S CIRCLE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yellowpine | 3.1 miles | 11 | |
| Fairmount | 3.9 miles | 15 | |
| Clarktown | 5.1 miles | 10 | |
| Fairdale | 5.8 miles | 15 | |
| Hickory Ridge | 7.1 miles | 15 | |
| Hemphill | 7.8 miles | 11 | |
| Stringtown | 9.1 miles | 10 | |
| Blackjack | 10.4 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1382236. 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.