BlockSardis, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 2003. It stands in the Center census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75935. It stands on Carlyle Branch. The Survey maps it on the Shelbyville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1953 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Center quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Shelbyville quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Nacogdoches quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Nacogdoches quadrangle1:100000
- 2003 USGS Shelbyville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
43 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Sardis between 1992 and 2017, burning about 490 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 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 | 29 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 205 |
| 5 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 150 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 646 |
| 29 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 9.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 19 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 13.09.19F1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shelbyville | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Webb | 3.1 miles | 12 | |
| Campti | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Antioch | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| James | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Center | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| North Jericho | 5.3 miles | 12 | |
| Short | 7.5 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380497. 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.