BlockRobbins, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Marquez census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75846. The Survey maps it on the Robbins quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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 Waco quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Jewett quadrangle1:62500
- 1965 USGS Robbins quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Marlin quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
21 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Robbins between 1996 and 2018, burning about 4,999 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None 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 | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4,689 acres | Livingston Area | CONCORD ROBBINS FIRE |
| 12 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COUNTY ROAD 495 AND 496 FIRE |
| 11 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 436 |
| 11 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COUNTY ROAD 436 FIRE |
| 26 August 2015 | Natural | 52 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 4016 |
| 25 July 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LEON 15:13 |
| 17 July 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 28 June 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 45 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 4011 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Robbins in 3 storm reports between 2011 and 2019: 1 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Hail | Robbins | $1,000 | Golfball size hail fell at the intersection of Farm-to-Market Road 39 and Highway 7. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Robbins | $500 | A trained spotter reported damage to a metal building on FM 39 south of Highway 7. |
| December 2015 | Flash Flood | Robbins | - | High water was reported over Highway 7, east of Texas Highway 39 near Concord. The flooding possibly was due to Spring Creek flowing out of its banks and over the highway. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Concord | 1.2 miles | 8 | |
| Margie | 1.9 miles | 7 | |
| Friendship | 2.8 miles | 8 | |
| South Salem | 2.8 miles | 8 | |
| North Salem | 4.8 miles | 8 | |
| Redland | 4.9 miles | 7 | |
| Spring Seat | 5.6 miles | 7 | |
| Marquez | 7.0 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380445. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.