BlockSalter, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Calvert census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77837. It stands on Barton Branch. The Survey maps it on the Hammond 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
- 1962 USGS Hammond quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Marlin quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
35 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Salter between 2007 and 2019, burning about 120 acres in total. 1 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 | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2011 | Natural | 7.0 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 944 |
| 21 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 6 NORTH OF MUD CREEK |
| 19 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HAMMOND RD FIRE |
| 18 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SH6 @ TURNER RD |
| 15 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TIDWELL RD. |
| 10 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | THOMPSON RD |
| 4 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SOUTH TIDWELL |
| 4 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hammond | 4.5 miles | 8 | |
| Calvert | 5.4 miles | 8 | |
| Tidwell Prairie | 6.0 miles | 8 | |
| Calvert Junction | 6.4 miles | 8 | |
| Barton | 8.1 miles | 8 | |
| Hogg | 8.1 miles | 7 | |
| Marvin | 8.6 miles | 8 | |
| Nesbitt | 9.0 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380483. 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.