BlockPluck, Texas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Corrigan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75939. It stands on Beaver Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pluck quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1927 USGS Lufkin 4-c quadrangle1:24000
- 1932 USGS Manning quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Pluck quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Lufkin quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Lufkin quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
52 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Pluck between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,143 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 4 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 | 29 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 860 |
| 4 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 27 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 18 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 7.2 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | POLK 15:33 |
| 20 August 2002 | Natural | 175 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 182 |
| 16 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 287 |
| 16 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 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 Pluck: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silica. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Hill | 2.9 miles | 11 | |
| Skinner Town | 3.6 miles | 11 | |
| Snow Hill | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| Corrigan | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Barnum | 5.9 miles | 12 | |
| Camden | 6.5 miles | 12 | |
| Asia | 6.7 miles | 13 | |
| Lily Island | 7.6 miles | 12 |
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 Pluck | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q28153604 | 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 1380382. 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.