BlockRound Prairie, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Franklin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76687. It stands on Willow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Round Prairie 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 Waco quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Round Prairie quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Marlin quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
80 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Round Prairie between 1996 and 2020, burning about 1,182 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 36 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | NEYLAND |
| 6 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SEALE FIELD |
| 25 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ALBERT |
| 25 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RUEN |
| 9 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 8092 |
| 4 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 8303 |
| 30 August 2013 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LCR 740 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seale | 1.3 miles | 8 | |
| Willow Creek | 3.9 miles | 7 | |
| Bald Prairie | 6.2 miles | 10 | |
| Headsville | 7.4 miles | 7 | |
| Ridge | 10.6 miles | 11 | |
| White Rock | 11.4 miles | 7 | |
| Petteway | 12.0 miles | 7 | |
| Easterly | 13.2 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380463. 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.