BlockSand Lake, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Ennis census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75119. The Survey maps it on the Rosser quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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 Dallas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rosser quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Corsicana quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
22 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Sand Lake between 2005 and 2019, burning about 433 acres in total. None 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 | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 45 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JONES RD/FERRIS |
| 29 July 2008 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 16 July 2009 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TRINITY RIVER BOTTOMS |
| 12 July 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 June 2006 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 800 BURL MOORE |
| 25 June 2012 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1760 SLATE ROCK RD |
| 22 June 2008 | Debris and open burning | 35 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alsdorf | 2.8 miles | 11 | |
| Telico | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| Bristol | 4.6 miles | 11 | |
| Crisp | 5.2 miles | 11 | |
| Creechville | 6.3 miles | 11 | |
| Walnut Springs | 7.2 miles | 19 | |
| Sonoma | 8.7 miles | 11 | |
| Palmer | 9.3 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379020. 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.