BlockRock Island, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Hempstead census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77445. The Survey maps it on the Daniels quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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 Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Hempstead quadrangle1:62500
- 1961 USGS Daniels quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Brenham quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
17 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Rock Island between 1996 and 2019, burning about 103 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 | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRAZOS RIVER LANE |
| 23 August 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 14 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ISRAEL |
| 27 July 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRAZOS RIVER LANE |
| 23 July 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 11350 USHIGHWAY 290 E |
| 14 July 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 12 July 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | ILEGAL BURNING |
| 17 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Second Corinth | 2.1 miles | 8 | |
| Howth | 3.2 miles | 8 | |
| Cedar Creek | 3.8 miles | 8 | |
| Saint Paul | 4.4 miles | 8 | |
| Rolling Hills | 5.6 miles | 8 | |
| Hempstead | 5.8 miles | 10 | |
| Lewisville | 7.2 miles | 10 | |
| Prairie View | 9.1 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378969. 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.