BlockSandy Fork, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Waelder census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78632. It stands on Reed Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sandy Fork quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1901 USGS Flatonia quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Sandy Fork quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
39 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Sandy Fork between 1996 and 2020, burning about 969 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 | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 640 BUCK BRANCH |
| 15 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 125 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 13 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.4 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ROMINE |
| 31 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COUNTY ROAD 462 |
| 3 August 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 34 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FRONTAGE |
| 18 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 18 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 4D RANCH FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2021Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sandy Fork in 1 storm report in 2021: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sandy Fork | $10,000 | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 70 mph that damaged a building and knocked down large tree limbs at 1715 CR 283 south of Sandy Fork. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thompsonville | 2.2 miles | 11 | |
| Harwood | 4.9 miles | 16 | |
| Waelder | 6.3 miles | 11 | |
| Saturn | 7.1 miles | 11 | |
| Brown Hill | 7.9 miles | 12 | |
| Hickston | 9.4 miles | 11 | |
| Slayden | 9.8 miles | 14 | |
| Ottine | 10.7 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379024. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.