BlockRoad Runner, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Gainesville Southeast census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76272. It stands on Persimmon Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mountain Springs quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1954 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Mountain Springs quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Denton quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Denton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
211 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 211 fires within 5 miles of Road Runner between 2005 and 2018, burning about 1,944 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 9 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 | 100 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 58 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 26 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 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 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 922 |
| 7 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | VALLEY VIEW ASSIST |
| 26 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 25 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 24 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 70 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | VALLEY VIEW ASSIST |
| 22 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | LAKE KIOWA MUTUAL AID |
| 20 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 163 BLOOMFIELD RD WOLFE CREEK RANCH |
| 17 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 85 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WHEAT FIELD ON FIRE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain Springs | 2.2 miles | 9 | |
| Burns City | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Hemming | 3.7 miles | 9 | |
| Valley View | 4.3 miles | 8 | |
| Bloomfield | 4.6 miles | 9 | |
| Lake Kiowa | 7.4 miles | 13 | |
| Lois | 7.5 miles | 8 | |
| Shady Grove | 8.2 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2807614. 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.