BlockRoch, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the De Leon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76446. The Survey maps it on the Comyn quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1890 USGS Stephenville quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1920 USGS Stephenville quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Comyn quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Stephenville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
178 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 178 fires within 5 miles of Roch between 2005 and 2019, burning about 1,423 acres in total. 1 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 | 84 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 44 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 34 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 1496 |
| 8 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SPARGER |
| 7 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 900 HWY 1496 |
| 6 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PAINTER1 |
| 6 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CROSSTIE |
| 30 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DJ |
| 26 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 341 GRASS FIRE |
| 22 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 438 GRASS 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378965. 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.