BlockRock House, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Industry census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78950. The Survey maps it on the Industry 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.
- 1919 USGS Fayettsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Industry quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Eagle Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
7 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Rock House between 2002 and 2013, burning about 32 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SAN FELIPE RD. |
| 4 March 2002 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CENTRAL TX - 15 |
| 20 February 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 954 FIRE |
| 16 February 2013 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SCHROEDER RD GRASS FIRE |
| 2 December 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MUTUAL AID |
| 15 October 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | UNATTENDED CONTROLLED BURN |
| 26 January 2011 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE (MUTUAL AID) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rockhouse | 0.0 miles | 9 | |
| Post Oak Point | 2.5 miles | 9 | |
| Krebsville | 2.8 miles | 9 | |
| Industry | 3.0 miles | 9 | |
| Shelby | 5.0 miles | 7 | |
| New Ulm | 5.7 miles | 10 | |
| Welcome | 6.0 miles | 10 | |
| Bleiblerville | 6.7 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1366671. 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.