BlockSowells Bluff, Texas
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Ravenna-Telephone census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75476. It stands on Cottonwood Creek. The Survey maps it on the Yuba quadrangle.
On record in Sowells Bluff
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
State Highway 78 Bridge at the Red Riverlisted 1996 · 0.2 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 6 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 Sherman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Wade quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000
- 1980 USGS Yuba quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
70 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Sowells Bluff between 1998 and 2020, burning about 1,094 acres in total. 2 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 | 33 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 19 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 10 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | National Forests And Grasslands In Texas | LAKE FANNIN |
| 1 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRUSHFIRE |
| 7 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BUENA VISTA TURF FARM |
| 26 August 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 25 August 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 24 August 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Sowells Bluff: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryan County Sand Co | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 Q122569820 | 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 1380577. 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.