BlockRefuge, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Grapeland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75844. It stands on Bennett Creek. The Survey maps it on the Percilla quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1952 USGS Slocum quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Percilla quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
105 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 105 fires within 5 miles of Refuge between 1992 and 2019, burning about 966 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 3 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 | 63 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CHAPMAN |
| 7 September 2009 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | MARKET STREET |
| 6 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BEAVER |
| 4 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENEKE |
| 27 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WELCH |
| 21 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 1 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 371 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Pedro | 2.1 miles | 11 | |
| Percilla | 3.2 miles | 10 | |
| Post Oak | 3.6 miles | 10 | |
| Grapeland | 4.2 miles | 11 | |
| Augusta | 4.3 miles | 10 | |
| Glover (historical) | 4.9 miles | 10 | |
| Germany | 5.0 miles | 12 | |
| Mound City | 5.2 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1366321. 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.