BlockPledger, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the McCaulley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79534. It stands on Sandy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Royston quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 15 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.
- 1893 USGS Roby quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1931 USGS Rotan quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Big Spring quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Big Spring quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Royston quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Snyder quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
44 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Pledger between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,837 acres in total. 9 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
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 September 2016 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MURPHY |
| 22 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MEADER |
| 11 September 2005 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 21 August 2011 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 261 |
| 11 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 700 CR 261 |
| 28 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 150 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 28 July 2006 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 26 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Pledger: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lone Star Industries Clay Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Clay | Producer | Sedimentary |
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 1378890. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.