BlockMill Town, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Trinity census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75862. The Survey maps it on the Trinity East quadrangle.
On record in Mill Town
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Red Schoolhouse, Oldlisted 2005 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 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 Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Trinity East quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Huntsville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
35 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Mill Town between 1992 and 2018, burning about 1,213 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 1 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 | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 379 |
| 26 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 122 |
| 9 August 2010 | Natural | 432 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 257 |
| 9 August 1996 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 August 1996 | Debris and open burning | 82 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 26 August 2000 | Smoking | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 327 |
| 25 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 46 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 4539 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Mill Town: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olson Chemical Co | Clay | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinity | 0.9 miles | 12 | |
| Glendale | 5.5 miles | 10 | |
| Sebastopol | 7.4 miles | 9 | |
| Red Branch | 7.7 miles | 9 | |
| Saron | 7.9 miles | 10 | |
| Chita | 8.9 miles | 9 | |
| Carlisle | 10.6 miles | 12 | |
| Friday | 11.9 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1374954. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.