BlockSand Hill, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Ore City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75645. The Survey maps it on the Coffeeville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 12 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.
- 1956 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1960 USGS Coffeeville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
340 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 340 fires within 5 miles of Sand Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,503 acres in total. 22 started naturally. 5 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 | 236 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 47 |
| Natural | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
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 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 6237 |
| 7 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 17-0318 |
| 7 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASSFIRE |
| 7 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 11-375 |
| 6 September 1999 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODS FIRE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valley View | 2.8 miles | 12 | |
| Stamps | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Friendship | 3.0 miles | 12 | |
| Snow Hill | 4.0 miles | 12 | |
| New Mountain | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Boxwood | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| Graceton | 4.8 miles | 12 | |
| Indian Rock | 4.8 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2034731. 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.