BlockMelrose, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Goliad North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77963. It stands on Goat Creek. The Survey maps it on the Runge SE quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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
- 1963 USGS Runge SE quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Goliad quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
12 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Melrose between 2009 and 2017, burning about 587 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE (LESLIE ZILLIG) |
| 30 August 2017 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 17-36 |
| 1 July 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 07012009 (FM 1726) |
| 29 June 2017 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JORDAN LASSMAN |
| 12 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE (ARNECKE RD.) |
| 10 June 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 75 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE DIEBEL ROAD |
| 13 May 2017 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RICHARD SAPPINGTON |
| 21 February 2010 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 02212010 (OEHLKE) |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380178. 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.