BlockSandjack, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Call census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75928. It stands on Arch Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bon Wier quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1935 USGS Wilson Lake quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Wilson Lake quadrangle1:31680
- 1952 USGS Lake Charles quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Lake Charles quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Bon Wier quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Bon Wier quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS DeRidder quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
246 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 246 fires within 5 miles of Sandjack between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,365 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 94 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 | 95 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 94 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 187 |
| 4 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Louisiana Office of Forestry | not named |
| 30 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 94 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON-957 |
| 26 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Louisiana Office of Forestry | not named |
| 25 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.3 acres | Louisiana Office of Forestry | not named |
| 22 September 2005 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Louisiana Office of Forestry | not named |
| 20 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Louisiana Office of Forestry | not named |
| 2 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 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.
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 Q122545823 | 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 1361901. 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.