BlockPine Hills, Texas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Bastrop census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78602. The Survey maps it on the Lake Bastrop quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1885 USGS Bastrop quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Bastrop quadrangle1:125000
- 1904 USGS Bastrop quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Bastrop quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Bastrop quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1982 USGS Lake Bastrop quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Austin quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
571 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 571 fires within 5 miles of Pine Hills between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,400 acres in total. 25 started naturally. 24 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 | 348 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 106 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 31 |
| Natural | 25 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 24 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 15 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Smoking | 6 |
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 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1513 FAYETTE ST |
| 7 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MCALLISTER ROAD - 184 |
| 6 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1000 95 HWY N |
| 5 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| KC Estates | 0.9 miles | 17 | |
| Circle D Estates | 1.8 miles | 17 | |
| Bastrop | 3.8 miles | 17 | |
| Phelan | 4.1 miles | 16 | |
| Camp Swift | 4.2 miles | 16 | |
| Alum Creek | 5.2 miles | 17 | |
| Swiftex | 5.7 miles | 16 | |
| Hills Prairie | 6.3 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2413662. 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.