BlockPleasant Ridge, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Gary City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75633. It stands on Coleman Branch. The Survey maps it on the Gary quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1956 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Carthage quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Gary quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Henderson quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
264 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 264 fires within 5 miles of Pleasant Ridge between 1992 and 2020, burning about 659 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 7 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 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 47 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 34 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 21 |
| Smoking | 17 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Natural | 7 |
| 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 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1132 U.S. HWY 59 SOUTH |
| 8 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 7126 |
| 8 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 528 |
| 7 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 208 |
| 30 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1332 LAWRENCE STREET |
| 30 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | U.S. 59 SOUTH |
| 29 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | F.M. 10 @ C.R. 421 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antioch | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Daniels | 3.4 miles | 13 | |
| Carthage | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Shady Grove | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Gary | 5.6 miles | 13 | |
| Buncome | 6.1 miles | 13 | |
| Holland Quarters | 6.6 miles | 14 | |
| Riderville | 6.6 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380377. 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.