BlockShiloh, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Taylor census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76578. The Survey maps it on the Beaukiss quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1885 USGS Bastrop quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Bastrop quadrangle1:125000
- 1904 USGS Bastrop quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Lexington quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Lexington quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1982 USGS Beaukiss quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Austin quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
71 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Shiloh between 2002 and 2020, burning about 921 acres in total. 3 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 | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 10 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 9 August 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | WICO HAY BALE FIRE |
| 6 August 2013 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MUTUAL AID THRALL |
| 5 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE GRIFFITH LANE |
| 4 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FARMALL |
| 4 August 2015 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE SIDE OF ROAD FM112 |
| 26 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE S FM 486 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Shiloh in 1 storm report in 2019: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shiloh | $5,000 | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 70 mph that knocked down a large oak tree between Taylor and Lexington. |
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 1989110. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.