BlockMelo, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Goliad South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77963. It stands on Martinez Creek. The Survey maps it on the Melo quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1953 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Melo quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Goliad quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
44 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Melo between 2006 and 2017, burning about 1,702 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 500 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 4 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 16-17 |
| 10 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 033-14 |
| 9 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 16-12 |
| 9 August 2013 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | OAK ST. |
| 20 August 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 17-33 |
| 17 August 2013 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 2441 |
| 20 July 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 07202009 (BECK RD.) |
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.
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 Q21551542 | 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 1380176. 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.