BlockSchoolland, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Nixon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78140. The Survey maps it on the Smiley quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1920 USGS Smiley quadrangle1:125000
- 1953 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Smiley quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Cuero quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
8 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Schoolland between 2006 and 2018, burning about 211 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 June 2006 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 366 |
| 12 February 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WEST ZONE SOUTH - 73 |
| 12 February 2006 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 12 February 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 24 November 2010 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JOHN MERCER FEILD |
| 9 January 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE SMILEY |
| 7 January 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WEST ZONE SOUTH - 17 |
| 14 January 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | STATE OF TEXAS |
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.
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 Q122541876 | 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 2034841. 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.