BlockShiloh, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Dublin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76446. It stands on Kirkendell Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dublin quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1890 USGS Stephenville quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1920 USGS Stephenville quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Dublin quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Stephenville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
105 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 105 fires within 5 miles of Shiloh between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,035 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 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 | 42 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 33 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 309 GRASS FIRE |
| 4 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 322 GRASS FIRE |
| 28 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 303 GRASS FIRE |
| 27 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 333 GRASS FIRE |
| 23 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 325 GRASS FIRE |
| 23 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONNER |
| 16 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | WHEEL SPARK 377 |
| 14 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | AIRPORT FIRE |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379069. 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.