BlockMerrick, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Tarzan-Lenorah census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79782. The Survey maps it on the Merrick quadrangle.
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 Big Spring quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Big Spring quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Merrick quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Big Spring quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Merrick between 2008 and 2019, burning about 1,430 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 July 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR3800 |
| 7 June 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 22 April 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 400 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BENNIE FOSTER FARM |
| 24 March 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR4300 DRAW |
| 22 February 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 400 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 26 October 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 600 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR RD 141 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lenorah | 5.8 miles | 8 | |
| Brown | 6.2 miles | 9 | |
| Grady | 7.2 miles | 8 | |
| Flower Grove | 8.0 miles | 8 | |
| Tarzan | 9.0 miles | 8 | |
| Three Leagues | 10.4 miles | 8 | |
| Courtney | 16.8 miles | 8 | |
| Stanton | 17.8 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378667. 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.