BlockPine Branch, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Bogata census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75417. The Survey maps it on the Cuthand quadrangle.
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.
- 1953 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Cuthand quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
149 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 149 fires within 5 miles of Pine Branch between 1993 and 2020, burning about 2,418 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 6 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 | 104 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GOLDEN LONG |
| 6 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 27 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 1305 FIRE 9/6 |
| 5 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 271S GRASS FIRE 9/5 |
| 3 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 632 |
| 29 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 28 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 139 |
| 2 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 56 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 631 |
| 19 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | ROBERTS, JACK |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380357. 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.