BlockSmith Grove, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Lovelady census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75851. It stands on Dickey Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lovelady North quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1953 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Lovelady North quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Crockett quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
71 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Smith Grove between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,735 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 3 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 | 39 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 32 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 880 |
| 6 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 859 |
| 5 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 390 |
| 4 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 836 |
| 4 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 40 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 842 |
| 28 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 25 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | SMALLEY GRASS FIRE |
| 24 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 155 |
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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Center Grove | 2.0 miles | 9 | |
| Holly | 2.6 miles | 11 | |
| Lovelady | 3.3 miles | 9 | |
| Fodice | 5.0 miles | 11 | |
| Lone Pine | 6.0 miles | 9 | |
| Antioch (historical) | 6.9 miles | 10 | |
| Shady Grove | 7.3 miles | 11 | |
| Cut | 7.7 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380558. 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.