BlockRock Creek, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Silverton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79257. The Survey maps it on the Rock Creek quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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 Plainview quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Plainview quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Rock Creek quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Plainview quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
19 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Rock Creek between 2006 and 2018, burning about 619 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 1 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 26 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 45 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRANNON FIRE |
| 27 May 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 1 May 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 2 April 2006 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 9 March 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 86 & 207 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silverton | 6.9 miles | 7 | |
| Whitney | 9.6 miles | 7 | |
| Quitaque | 21.1 miles | 7 | |
| Woodburn Place | 24.1 miles | 9 | |
| Antelope Flats | 25.7 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380448. 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.