BlockSilas, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Timpson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75975. It lies near Bennett Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Garrison East quadrangle. It stands 361 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1953 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Timpson quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Garrison East quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Nacogdoches quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Nacogdoches quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
62 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Silas between 1993 and 2020, burning about 742 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 6 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 | 28 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 1995 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 223 |
| 28 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | #7050 |
| 23 September 2005 | Smoking | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 294 |
| 17 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JESSICA |
| 14 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 252 |
| 10 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 234 |
| 10 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 235 |
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.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q106307226 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380539. 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.