BlockShaw, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the East Terrell census division. The Survey maps it on the Dryden quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1928 USGS Sanderson quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Fort Stockton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Fort Stockton quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Dryden quadrangle1:24000
- 1973 USGS Fort Stockton quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Sanderson quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Shaw in 2008, burning about 17 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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 May 2008 | Natural | 17 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RANDOLPH RANCH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Shaw: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Flagstone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dryden Stone Quarry | Stone | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| West Texas Stone Company Operation | Flagstone | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Watkins (historical) | 4.5 miles | 8 | |
| Dryden | 5.9 miles | 9 | |
| Malvado | 8.4 miles | 8 | |
| Lozier | 11.8 miles | 8 | |
| Mofeta | 11.8 miles | 9 | |
| Casa de Peidras | 13.0 miles | 8 | |
| Dryden Crossing | 16.8 miles | 10 | |
| Sanderson | 22.0 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379064. 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.