BlockSandhill, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the North Hopkins-Sulphur Bluff census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75482. The Survey maps it on the Tira quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1953 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Tira quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
20 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Sandhill between 2005 and 2019, burning about 184 acres in total. 3 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 | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Natural | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2011 | Natural | 39 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 629 |
| 20 August 2006 | Natural | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 597 |
| 2 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.2 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2016112 |
| 27 June 2006 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 19 June 2006 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 19 June 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 9 April 2006 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 11 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | 16 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HOPKINS 15:57 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Sandhill: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sulfur. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birth Right Sulfur Plant | Sulfur | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380491. 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.