BlockSand Flats, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Oakwood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75855. It stands on Northwest Fork Boons Creek. The Survey maps it on the Oakwood quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1953 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Oakwood quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:100000
- 1984 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
9 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Sand Flats between 1996 and 2013, burning about 420 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 July 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 March 1996 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 11 March 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 23 February 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 48 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 19 February 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 75 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 13 February 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 125 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 31 December 2013 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 300/CR321 |
| 20 January 2009 | Debris and open burning | 104 acres | Livingston Area | LONG SHADOW - 13 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Timesville | 2.1 miles | 8 | |
| Oakwood | 3.2 miles | 8 | |
| Saint Paul | 4.2 miles | 8 | |
| Keechi | 7.8 miles | 9 | |
| Flo | 10.5 miles | 9 | |
| Nineveh | 11.4 miles | 9 | |
| Russell | 12.0 miles | 9 | |
| Hopewell | 14.1 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380914. 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.