BlockRand, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Terrell South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75142. The Survey maps it on the Ola quadrangle. It stands 459 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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.
- 1954 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Ola quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
155 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 155 fires within 5 miles of Rand between 2005 and 2019, burning about 1,104 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 9 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 | 61 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 30 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1602 SUNDOWN |
| 3 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR114 EGYPT |
| 3 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 26 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 103 OLA |
| 26 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 104 |
| 24 September 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JMRANCH |
| 21 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | DICKERSON |
| 21 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rand in 3 storm reports between 2009 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rand | $10,000 | Emergency management reported a downed telephone pole, a carport thrown into a nearby field, damage to an awning, and damage to an RV between Kaufman and Kemp. A 4-wheeler was also pushed across the yard and other trailers on the property were moved 2-3 feet. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rand | $4,000 | A utility company reported 37 power poles down along FM 1836 in Kaufman County. |
| July 2009 | Hail | Rand | - | Nickel to quarter size hail fell southeast of Kaufman. |
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 Rand | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22076565 | 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 1378930. 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.