BlockRidge, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Mullin-Priddy census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76864. The Survey maps it on the Regency quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1885 USGS San Saba quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS San Saba quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1925 USGS San Saba 2-a quadrangle1:48000
- 1930 USGS Richland Springs quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Richland Springs quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Richland Springs quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Brownwood quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1980 USGS Regency quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS San Saba quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
5 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Ridge between 2015 and 2020, burning about 267 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 August 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | UNKNOWN |
| 11 August 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 252 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SMITH |
| 11 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MILLS |
| 14 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MARK TOPPERT |
| 24 February 2018 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BOYKIN |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duke Crossing | 5.0 miles | 17 | |
| Regency | 5.1 miles | 15 | |
| Buffalo | 5.4 miles | 15 | |
| Ebony | 5.6 miles | 18 | |
| Ratler | 7.0 miles | 15 | |
| Blanket Springs | 7.3 miles | 17 | |
| Mullin | 8.7 miles | 17 | |
| Villa | 9.8 miles | 17 |
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 Ridge | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7332663 | 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 2034988. 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.