BlockPoe, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 2003. It stands in the Nacogdoches census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75961. It stands on Allen Branch. The Survey maps it on the Platt quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1949 USGS Lufkin quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Platt quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Platt quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Lufkin quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Lufkin quadrangle1:100000
- 2003 USGS Platt quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
94 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 94 fires within 5 miles of Poe between 1992 and 2018, burning about 880 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 16 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 | 42 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 694 |
| 5 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 8161 FM 226 WILDLAND |
| 17 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 11 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 213 |
| 11 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 10 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 10 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 209 |
| 1 September 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | ANGELINA 12:51 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lacyville | 3.3 miles | 12 | |
| Climax | 5.1 miles | 15 | |
| Woden | 5.2 miles | 12 | |
| Plainview | 5.5 miles | 12 | |
| Oak Ridge | 8.5 miles | 12 | |
| Hayward Junction | 9.3 miles | 13 | |
| Orton Hill | 9.7 miles | 13 | |
| Fredonia Hill | 9.8 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1382540. 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.