BlockOrt, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Van Horn Rural census division. The Survey maps it on the Hopper Draw West quadrangle. It stands 4,121 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1928 USGS Kent quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Van Horn quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Van Horn quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Hopper Draw West quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Van Horn quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Ort in 2011, burning about 500 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 August 2011 | Natural | 500 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | KC RANCH |
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Ort: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite, Sulfur, Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elchor Rock House Plant | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | ||
| Rock House Mine | Gypsum-Anhydrite, Sulfur | Producer | 1980, 1990 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grisham Pumping Station | 13.6 miles | 8 | |
| Boracho | 15.2 miles | 8 | |
| Old Christian Place | 17.3 miles | 6 | |
| Kent | 17.3 miles | 8 | |
| Levinson | 18.6 miles | 9 | |
| Pezuna del Caballo | 26.0 miles | 7 | |
| Van Horn | 30.8 miles | 13 | |
| Corner Windmill | 31.6 miles | 13 |
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 Q130324100 | 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 1380312. 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.