BlockSloan, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the San Saba census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76877. The Survey maps it on the Baker Spring quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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 San Saba quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS San Saba quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Brownwood quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Baker Spring quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Algerita quadrangle1:62500
- 1985 USGS San Saba quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
14 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Sloan between 1993 and 2019, burning about 15,952 acres in total. 3 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 | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 300 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 22 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 20 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 13 September 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 31 August 2019 | Natural | 2.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HAVERLAH 2 |
| 21 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1,200 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GIBBINS |
| 18 August 2010 | Natural | 1,200 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | POOL RANCH |
| 15 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12,892 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SAN SABA FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sloan in 1 storm report in 1993: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1993 | Hail | Sloan | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algerita | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Harkeyville | 7.4 miles | 13 | |
| Richland Springs | 7.7 miles | 14 | |
| China Creek | 9.2 miles | 14 | |
| San Saba | 10.4 miles | 16 | |
| Hall | 11.4 miles | 14 | |
| Fairview | 11.6 miles | 14 | |
| Pecan Springs | 13.0 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2034972. 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.