BlockSims, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the West Brazos census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77807. The Survey maps it on the Mumford quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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.
- 1954 USGS Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Caldwell quadrangle1:62500
- 1961 USGS Mumford quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1993 USGS Bryan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
36 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Sims between 2002 and 2020, burning about 156 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SMITH HAY FIRE FM1362N |
| 26 September 2002 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CENTRAL TX - 42 |
| 1 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 90120182 |
| 28 August 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 8282018 |
| 28 August 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 82820182 |
| 28 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 20 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 14-0005039 OSR SANDY FIRE |
| 17 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 8/17/2015 |
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 Sims: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gifford-Hill Saunders Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sims in 4 storm reports between 2009 and 2021: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sims | $3,000 | Severe thunderstorm winds blew down trees near the intersection of Old San Antonio Road and Fountain Switch Road. |
| April 2009 | Flash Flood | Sims | $2,000 | Highway 190 in the northern part of the county was closed due to high water. |
| April 2021 | Hail | Sims | - | Half dollar sized hail was reported. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sims | - | Thunderstorm winds blew down a tree near the intersection of Old Spanish Road and Sandy Point Road. |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Sims | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q115152831 | 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 1380545. 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.
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.