BlockPorter Springs, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Porter Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75835. The Survey maps it on the Porter Springs quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1953 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Porter Springs quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Crockett quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
106 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 106 fires within 5 miles of Porter Springs between 1994 and 2020, burning about 876 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 2 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 | 64 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | KAREN OESTMANN |
| 7 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TRACTOR FIRE |
| 3 September 2009 | Smoking | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2009295 |
| 27 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 26 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 25 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Porter Springs in 1 storm report in 1994: 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1994 | Tornado (F0) | Porter Springs | - | A brief tornado touchdown was reported. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cooper | 2.4 miles | 9 | |
| Mustang Prairie (historical) | 3.1 miles | 10 | |
| Austonio | 6.1 miles | 10 | |
| Halls Bluff | 6.3 miles | 10 | |
| Halls Bluff Town (historical) | 6.6 miles | 10 | |
| Ash | 6.8 miles | 10 | |
| Cut | 7.5 miles | 9 | |
| Wheeler Springs | 7.6 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1365610. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.