BlockRiggs Ford, Texas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Fort Cavazos census division. The Survey maps it on the Post Oak Mountain quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1894 USGS Gatesville quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1930 USGS Killeen quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Killeen quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Post Oak Mountain quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Killeen quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Post Oak Mountain quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Temple quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Post Oak Mountain quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
4 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Riggs Ford between 2005 and 2018, burning about 2,206 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 | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 July 2009 | Debris and open burning | 500 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FORT HOOD/EAST RANGE ROAD -3 |
| 24 July 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 700 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CENTRAL TX - 17 |
| 20 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,000 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | B.C.S.O. |
| 16 July 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BLORA |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cold Springs | 2.6 miles | 19 | |
| Mason Crossing | 3.3 miles | 17 | |
| Flat | 6.4 miles | 16 | |
| Saint Elijah Village | 7.1 miles | 15 | |
| Middle Crossing | 7.4 miles | 15 | |
| The Grove | 7.8 miles | 17 | |
| House Crossing | 8.5 miles | 15 | |
| Leon Junction | 9.1 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.
| Wikidata item Q122545562 | 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 1380440. 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.