BlockRiver Hill, Texas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the De Berry-Deadwood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75639. It stands on Jackson Creek. The Survey maps it on the River Hill quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1945 USGS Socagee Bayou quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Deadwood quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1983 USGS River Hill quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Henderson quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
92 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 92 fires within 5 miles of River Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 657 acres in total. 14 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 | 39 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Natural | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 222 |
| 6 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 484 |
| 5 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 482 |
| 4 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | U.S. HWY 79 NORTH |
| 28 September 2007 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 118 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midyett | 2.8 miles | 17 | |
| Hudson Mast | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| DeBerry | 5.8 miles | 13 | |
| De Berry | 5.9 miles | 13 | |
| Walnut Grove | 6.2 miles | 13 | |
| Horton | 6.7 miles | 13 | |
| Grand Bluff | 7.1 miles | 13 | |
| Deadwood | 7.5 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2034786. 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.