BlockSan Angelo Junction, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Coleman census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76878. The Survey maps it on the Lake San Tana quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1887 USGS Coleman quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1889 USGS Coleman quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Brownwood quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1963 USGS Lake San Tana quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Coleman quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
88 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of San Angelo Junction between 2003 and 2020, burning about 4,817 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 27 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BOLTON |
| 6 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2015 FM 1176 |
| 5 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SH 206 S |
| 21 September 2011 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ARMSTRONG OVERPASS FIRE |
| 18 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 26 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR119 & CR122 |
| 24 August 2010 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | US84 @BUGGYWHEEL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of San Angelo Junction: 1 occurrence, 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Silica, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baker-1 | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Coleman Plant | Clay | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Silica | Past 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.
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 Q122548198 | 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 1379012. 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.