BlockPisek, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Columbus census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78940. It stands on Stein Branch. The Survey maps it on the Industry quadrangle. It stands 291 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1919 USGS Fayettsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Industry quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Eagle Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
9 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Pisek between 2002 and 2012, burning about 137 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 109 |
| 7 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SAN FELIPE RD. |
| 23 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | 75 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SANDY LANE |
| 8 June 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CUMMINS STEIN RD |
| 4 March 2002 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CENTRAL TX - 15 |
| 20 February 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 954 FIRE |
| 2 December 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MUTUAL AID |
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.
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 Pisek | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14711247 | 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 1380364. 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.