BlockMiddleton, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Centerville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75833. It lies near Red Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Middleton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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 Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Middleton quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Crockett quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
17 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Middleton between 1996 and 2017, burning about 347 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 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 | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 200 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CHAMPION RANCH |
| 4 September 2011 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 837 |
| 28 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 4040 |
| 15 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 908 |
| 11 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 97 |
| 6 August 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 212 |
| 3 August 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 17 August 2006 | Smoking | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 172 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spillers Store | 2.3 miles | 11 | |
| Pleasant Ridge | 3.6 miles | 9 | |
| Guys Store | 3.8 miles | 11 | |
| Leona | 5.7 miles | 9 | |
| Centerview | 6.1 miles | 10 | |
| Cross Roads | 7.1 miles | 9 | |
| Centerville | 8.3 miles | 9 | |
| Spring Seat | 9.4 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380186. 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.