BlockNoxville, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Junction Southeast census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78631. The Survey maps it on the Noxville quadrangle. It stands 2,077 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1894 USGS Kerrville quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Noxville quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Kerrville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
16 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Noxville between 2008 and 2019, burning about 503 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2015-91 |
| 5 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BLOCK |
| 28 August 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2010-68 |
| 27 August 2008 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 31 July 2018 | Natural | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 201881 |
| 31 July 2008 | Natural | 12 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 22 July 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 23 June 2018 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 201857 |
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.
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.
| Wikipedia article on Noxville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14711183 | 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 1380269. 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.