BlockScience Hall, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Jasper census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75951. The Survey maps it on the Beech Grove quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1954 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Curtis quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Beech Grove quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Livingston quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Livingston quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
200 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 200 fires within 5 miles of Science Hall between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,038 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 49 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 | 98 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 49 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | COUNTY ROAD 140 GRASS FIRE |
| 6 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 129 |
| 4 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 085-W-10 |
| 29 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 28 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Science Hall: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plant No. 1 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beech Grove | 0.8 miles | 13 | |
| Bevilport | 4.4 miles | 15 | |
| Oak Hill | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Curtis | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Spring Hill | 5.1 miles | 13 | |
| Jasper | 7.4 miles | 9 | |
| Zion Hill | 8.0 miles | 9 | |
| Erin | 8.8 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2034962. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.