BlockRollover, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Bolivar Peninsula census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77617. The Survey maps it on the Frozen Point quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1931 USGS Frozen Point quadrangle1:24000
- 1933 USGS Frozen Point quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Frozen Point quadrangle1:24000
- 1950 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Frozen Point quadrangle1:24000
- 1975 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Anahuac quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Frozen Point quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
53 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Rollover between 1992 and 2020, burning about 13,570 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 5 were 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 | 22 |
| Natural | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge | WF MUNDY MARSH WEST WILLOW 3-D |
| 14 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 14 September 1992 | Natural | 253 acres | Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge | WOODLOT |
| 9 August 2003 | Natural | 276 acres | Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge | DEEPMARSH 1 |
| 7 August 1999 | Natural | 70 acres | Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge | UNDRSHORMA |
| 6 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 496 acres | Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge | TXAHR-FY17-WF-NW SOUTH UNIT |
| 3 August 1999 | Natural | 500 acres | Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge | PACE99 |
| 27 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 500 acres | Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge | WF GIWW SPOIL PIT SOUTH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2018Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rollover in 1 storm report in 2018: 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2018 | Lightning | Rollover | $1,000 | Lightning struck and damaged a house. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caplen | 1.0 miles | 14 | |
| Gilchrist | 1.0 miles | 13 | |
| Bolivar Peninsula | 4.3 miles | 14 | |
| High Island | 7.3 miles | 13 | |
| Stingaree | 7.7 miles | 16 | |
| Crystal Beach | 7.8 miles | 16 | |
| Patton Woods | 8.0 miles | 16 | |
| Elmgrove | 9.3 miles | 16 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122548907 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378983. 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.