BlockSchoolerville, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Hamilton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76531. It stands on Spring Branch Hiller Slough. The Survey maps it on the Shive quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1888 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Brownwood quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Shive quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Comanche quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
74 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Schoolerville between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,559 acres in total. 1 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 | 50 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 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 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WATSON |
| 30 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MARK HARRIS |
| 3 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | JOHN BROOKS #2 |
| 27 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CARAWAY |
| 24 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CLEPPER |
| 7 August 2014 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HAVERKORN |
| 5 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COWHOUSE CREEK RANCH |
| 4 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shive | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Parsley Crossing | 5.0 miles | 14 | |
| Midway | 6.0 miles | 13 | |
| Vista | 6.5 miles | 13 | |
| Hamilton | 6.8 miles | 13 | |
| Springdale | 7.0 miles | 13 | |
| Ballard Crossing | 7.3 miles | 14 | |
| Ohio | 7.4 miles | 14 |
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 Q122549210 | 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 1380503. 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.