BlockMilitary Crossing, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Rochelle census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76872. It stands on Cedar Creek. The Survey maps it on the Whon quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 15 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.
- 1894 USGS Brady quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1924 USGS Brady 2-a quadrangle1:48000
- 1928 USGS Waldrip quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Brownwood quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1973 USGS Whon quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Brady quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
7 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Military Crossing between 2007 and 2019, burning about 276 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOLF |
| 7 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 14 August 2012 | Natural | 75 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WULFF |
| 12 August 2016 | Natural | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FLAT TOP |
| 24 February 2015 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COLEMAN COUNTY |
| 21 November 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 October 2019 | Natural | 34 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WULF |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knight Crossing | 3.3 miles | 15 | |
| Mitchell Crossing | 3.4 miles | 15 | |
| Walker Crossing | 4.4 miles | 15 | |
| Fife | 6.7 miles | 14 | |
| Mercury | 7.0 miles | 16 | |
| Waldrip | 7.5 miles | 14 | |
| Milburn | 9.1 miles | 15 | |
| Beasley Crossing | 9.2 miles | 15 |
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 Q122594672 | 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 1380198. 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.