BlockScatter Branch, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Commerce census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75428. The Survey maps it on the Commerce South quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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 Texarkana quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Commerce South quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
232 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 232 fires within 5 miles of Scatter Branch between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,438 acres in total. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 93 |
| Debris and open burning | 76 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 43 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CREWS HELP FIRE |
| 7 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | ROOSTER FIRE/CR 4510 |
| 6 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CULVER |
| 5 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HILLBILLY BRUSH PILE |
| 5 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 4TH |
| 4 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 4505 |
| 30 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HORSE PEN |
| 3 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Sulphur | 2.8 miles | 6 | |
| Neylandville | 3.3 miles | 8 | |
| Commerce | 3.7 miles | 8 | |
| Jacobia | 4.7 miles | 8 | |
| Fairlie | 5.1 miles | 8 | |
| Aberfoyle | 5.4 miles | 6 | |
| Campbell | 6.4 miles | 8 | |
| Jardin | 6.7 miles | 8 |
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 Q122592453 | 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 1379038. 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.