BlockMcKnight, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Hedley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79237. The Survey maps it on the McKnight quadrangle. It stands 2,444 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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.
- 1954 USGS Plainview quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Plainview quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS McKnight quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Wellington quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
36 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of McKnight between 2006 and 2019, burning about 1,790 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 125 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | YOUNGBLOOD FIRE - ASSIST HEDLEY FD |
| 6 August 2006 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 August 2006 | Natural | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 August 2006 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 August 2006 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 23 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | POSSIBLE GRASS FIRE |
| 21 August 2006 | Natural | 45 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hedley | 6.1 miles | 8 | |
| Giles | 6.3 miles | 8 | |
| Lelia Lake | 11.3 miles | 8 | |
| Clarendon | 17.7 miles | 8 | |
| Howardwick | 20.6 miles | 7 | |
| Rockledge | 23.1 miles | 6 | |
| Jericho | 26.1 miles | 6 | |
| Ashtola | 26.7 miles | 7 |
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 Q130241507 | 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 1380169. 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.