BlockShell Ridge, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Rockport census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78382. The Survey maps it on the Estes quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 15 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.
- 1925 USGS Aransas Pass quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Aransas Pass quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Estes quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Estes quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
200 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 200 fires within 5 miles of Shell Ridge between 2006 and 2020, burning about 1,362 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 8 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 | 112 |
| Debris and open burning | 45 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 3300 BYPASS 35 |
| 5 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ROCKPORT BRUSHFIRE ASSIST |
| 4 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 24 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 418 RATTLESNAKE POINT RD |
| 23 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CLUB |
| 17 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 439 |
| 14 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 414 OLD SALT LAKE RD |
| 13 September 2012 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 510 RATTLESNAKE POINT RD |
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 Shell Ridge: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Redfish Bay Deposit | Limestone, General | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rockport | 1.6 miles | 11 | |
| Palm Harbor | 2.6 miles | 15 | |
| Estes | 3.1 miles | 15 | |
| Key Allegro | 3.4 miles | 11 | |
| City-by-the Sea | 3.9 miles | 15 | |
| Fulton | 4.5 miles | 11 | |
| Copano Village | 6.3 miles | 11 | |
| Lamar | 10.2 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1377811. 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.