BlockSaline, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Menard East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76854. It stands on Pecan Creek. The Survey maps it on the London quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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 Llano quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS London quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Mason quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
17 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Saline between 2005 and 2017, burning about 573 acres in total. 3 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 | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MENARD CO/US377S/ERNA RD/M.MERRILL |
| 20 August 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 266 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TRI-COUNTY FIRE |
| 5 July 2005 | Natural | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 27 June 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | US377/TRI-COUNTY/SPRINGHOLLOW/A.ECKERT |
| 11 June 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 200 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 9 May 2011 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MUTUAL AID/LONDON FD/TRI-COUNTY RD |
| 21 April 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 18 April 2008 | Natural | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Saline: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Industrial/Frac Sand. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erna Frac Sand | Sand and Gravel, Industrial/Frac Sand | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Erna | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Hext | 10.2 miles | 7 | |
| Tenmile Crossing | 11.9 miles | 9 | |
| Twentymile Crossing | 13.5 miles | 13 | |
| Fivemile Crossing | 15.5 miles | 9 | |
| Menard | 18.3 miles | 8 | |
| Fourmile Crossing | 20.7 miles | 8 | |
| Beyer Crossing | 22.8 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380480. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.