BlockPioneer Town, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Dripping Springs-Wimberley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78676. It stands on Wilson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wimberley quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1929 USGS Hunter quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Wimberley quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS New Braunfels quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Wimberley quadrangle1:24000
- 1992 USGS New Braunfels quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
116 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 116 fires within 5 miles of Pioneer Town between 2004 and 2020, burning about 324 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 | 58 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 28 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 24 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | JACOBS WELL |
| 24 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 21 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 13 September 2005 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cloptins Crossing | 0.6 miles | 12 | |
| Wimberley | 0.9 miles | 12 | |
| Woodcreek | 2.9 miles | 15 | |
| Pleasant Valley Crossing | 5.0 miles | 15 | |
| Hays City | 7.6 miles | 18 | |
| Driftwood | 10.3 miles | 15 | |
| Mount Gainor | 11.0 miles | 16 | |
| San Marcos | 11.3 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1344121. 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.