BlockRedbank, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Hooks census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75561. It lies near Black Bottom. The Survey maps it on the Redbank quadrangle.
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.
- 1950 USGS Redbank quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1951 USGS Redbank quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Idabel quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Idabel quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
88 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of Redbank between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,004 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 7 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 | 57 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 1993 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 333 |
| 4 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 181 |
| 30 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 September 2002 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 206 |
| 25 September 2011 | Natural | 12 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 636 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barkman | 0.8 miles | 13 | |
| Red Bank | 0.9 miles | 13 | |
| Burns | 1.7 miles | 11 | |
| Smith Hill | 2.1 miles | 11 | |
| Victory City | 4.4 miles | 18 | |
| Hooks | 4.4 miles | 13 | |
| Leary | 5.3 miles | 18 | |
| Whaley | 5.9 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1366267. 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.