BlockNelson, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Waxahachie census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75165. The Survey maps it on the Forreston quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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 Dallas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Forreston quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Corsicana quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
48 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Nelson between 2006 and 2014, burning about 744 acres in total. 1 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 | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 011-193 |
| 26 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 160 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 013-177 |
| 11 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 012-203 |
| 4 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 27 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 010-180 |
| 13 August 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 200 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1760 FM876 |
| 12 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 77S @ PRONG CREEK |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nena | 0.9 miles | 9 | |
| Five Points | 3.4 miles | 11 | |
| Boz | 3.8 miles | 11 | |
| Forreston | 4.0 miles | 9 | |
| Nash | 4.1 miles | 9 | |
| Howard | 4.8 miles | 9 | |
| Lumkins | 4.8 miles | 9 | |
| Waxahachie | 5.0 miles | 10 |
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 Q21551571 | 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 1378732. 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.