BlockSash, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Honey Grove census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75446. It stands on Tanyard Creek. The Survey maps it on the Selfs quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1903 USGS Paris quadrangle1:125000
- 1947 USGS Honey Grove quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Honey Grove quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Selfs quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Paris quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Paris quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
84 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 84 fires within 5 miles of Sash between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,000 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 6 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 | 41 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2216@2420 |
| 6 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 37100 |
| 25 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 17 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 11039 |
| 1 September 2000 | Natural | 38 acres | National Forests And Grasslands In Texas | CROSS N |
| 6 August 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 85 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TITTUS |
| 31 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR2410 |
| 20 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HAWKINS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sash in 3 storm reports between 2011 and 2018: 2 hail, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Hail | Sash | $25,000 | Golfball sized hail damaged cars to the east of Monkstown. This location is approximately 10 miles north-northeast of Honey Grove. |
| February 2018 | Flood | Sash | - | Fannin County Sheriff's Department reported that FM 100 at Bois D'Arc Creek was closed due to flooding from the past few days of rain. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Sash | - | Nickel sized hail fell at Monkstown which is approximately 10 miles north of Honey Grove. |
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 1382724. 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.