BlockNicholas, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Hearne census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77867. The Survey maps it on the Hearne South quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
3 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 Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS Hearne South quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1993 USGS Bryan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
37 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Nicholas between 2005 and 2020, burning about 89 acres in total. None 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 | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LEES CHAPEL PASTURES |
| 6 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LEES CHAPEL RD. |
| 3 August 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | MUSEFUSE |
| 19 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 7 July 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SUTTON |
| 28 July 2006 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 27 July 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HUMMINGBIRD LN |
| 23 July 2017 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2023Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nicholas in 1 storm report in 2023: 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2023 | Hail | Nicholas | - | A public report indicate quarter sized hail about 8 miles south of Hearne, TX. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tatsie | 0.9 miles | 8 | |
| Tatsie Crossing | 1.4 miles | 8 | |
| Mumford | 3.7 miles | 9 | |
| Sutton | 4.4 miles | 8 | |
| Valley Junction | 4.7 miles | 7 | |
| Astin | 5.5 miles | 9 | |
| Hearne | 6.6 miles | 7 | |
| Rye | 6.6 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380254. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.