BlockSandune, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It lies in ZIP code area 77575. It stands on Barrett Bayou. The Survey maps it on the Liberty quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1943 USGS Liberty quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Liberty quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Liberty quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
13 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Sandune between 1992 and 2011, burning about 355 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 13 August 1993 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 19 July 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 405 |
| 8 May 1992 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 13 March 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 120 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 293 |
| 18 February 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRUSH FIRE |
| 18 February 2011 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 30 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 43 |
| 12 February 1996 | Debris and open burning | 60 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atascosito | 2.3 miles | 13 | |
| Hardin | 2.7 miles | 13 | |
| Dayton Lakes | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Frige Settlement | 3.2 miles | 13 | |
| Lakeland | 3.6 miles | 12 | |
| Champ d'Asile (historical) | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Kenefick | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Liberty | 4.7 miles | 13 |
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 Q122555542 | 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 1379022. 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.