BlockRichland, Texas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Point census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75472. It stands on Rice Branch. The Survey maps it on the Emory North quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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.
- 1956 USGS Emory quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1980 USGS Emory North quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Mineola quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Mineola quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
29 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Richland between 2005 and 2019, burning about 1,109 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 275 SOUTH |
| 29 August 2005 | Natural | 450 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | NORTH TX - 9 |
| 26 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1312 CR 1137 |
| 17 August 2005 | Debris and open burning | 60 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 280 |
| 12 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1312 CR 1137 |
| 7 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 170 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CHIGGER RIDGE RANCH FIRE |
| 7 July 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ARBALA |
| 6 July 2011 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 4130 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| County Line | 2.6 miles | 14 | |
| Point | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| Dougherty | 3.1 miles | 14 | |
| Prospect | 4.2 miles | 14 | |
| Hermits Cove | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| Shady Grove | 5.5 miles | 16 | |
| Woosley | 5.8 miles | 13 | |
| Emory | 6.4 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2034751. 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.