BlockRiver Crest Estates, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 2003. It stands in the Lufkin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75901. It stands on Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Redland quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1949 USGS Lufkin quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Redland quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Lufkin quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Lufkin quadrangle1:100000
- 2003 USGS Redland quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
203 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 203 fires within 5 miles of River Crest Estates between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,409 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 37 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 | 104 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 37 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 9 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS/WOODS/FM 2251 |
| 7 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 694 |
| 4 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRAS FIRE |
| 4 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 667 |
| 4 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 662 |
| 26 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 20 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 7113 |
| 2 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 635 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moffitt | 2.3 miles | 15 | |
| Davisville | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| Redland | 3.2 miles | 15 | |
| Platt | 3.2 miles | 15 | |
| Cedar Grove | 4.5 miles | 15 | |
| Herty | 4.9 miles | 14 | |
| Dunagan | 6.1 miles | 14 | |
| Keltys | 6.3 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2034887. 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.