BlockRadium, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Anson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79501. The Survey maps it on the Anson quadrangle. It stands 1,703 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1891 USGS Anson quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Anson quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Anson quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Stamford quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
30 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Radium between 2006 and 2020, burning about 1,283 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Natural | 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 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 4 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 22 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 905 |
| 30 April 2011 | Debris and open burning | 80 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 28 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 9417 |
| 2 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 11401 |
| 15 April 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COTTON |
| 28 March 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE SE SIDE OF LAKE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Radium in 5 storm reports between 2007 and 2018: 2 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2018 | Flood | Radium | $6,250,000 | Prolonged heavy rainfall flooded roads across Jones County and this flooding damaged some roads in the county. This damage and flooding was exasperated by all of the rainfall since September. |
| September 2018 | Flash Flood | Radium | - | Texas Division of Emergency Management reported closure of US Highway 83 between Anson and Hamlin because of water over the road. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Radium | - | The public reported quarter size hail near Radium. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Radium | - | A storm chaser reported a semi truck flipped over on US Highway 83 due to strong straight line winds to be 80 mph or greater. The location was 3 miles northwest of Anson. |
| April 2007 | Flash Flood | Radium | - | Water was reported over the road on Farm Road 2834. |
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.
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 Radium | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q25021389 | 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 1378925. 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.