BlockPickens, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Athens census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75751. It stands on Larue Branch. The Survey maps it on the Stockard quadrangle. It stands 459 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1948 USGS Martins Mill quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Martins Mill quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1984 USGS Stockard quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
201 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 201 fires within 5 miles of Pickens between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,553 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 were 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 | 119 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 44 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 0909171 CONTROL BURN OUT OF CONTROL |
| 9 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 0909141 GRASS & HAY BALES FIRE |
| 7 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 0907181 BRUSH FIRE REKINDLE |
| 5 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 905093 |
| 5 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 24 September 2014 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 0924141 GRASS FIRE |
| 24 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LEGACY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 Pickens: 2 past producers. 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stockard | 2.6 miles | 13 | |
| Dauphin | 4.6 miles | 15 | |
| Bethel | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Crescent Heights | 4.8 miles | 15 | |
| Athens | 4.9 miles | 16 | |
| Log Cabin | 5.7 miles | 11 | |
| Eustace | 5.8 miles | 14 | |
| Caney City | 6.2 miles | 11 |
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 Pickens | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22076552 | 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 1378858. 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.