BlockSpear, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Bryan-College Station census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77840. The Survey maps it on the Wellborn quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 10 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 Bryan quadrangle1:62500
- 1961 USGS Wellborn quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1993 USGS Bryan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
387 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 387 fires within 5 miles of Spear between 1995 and 2020, burning about 885 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 161 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 70 |
| Debris and open burning | 63 |
| Smoking | 48 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 23 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2015 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 15-5694 BOSWELL FIRE |
| 7 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1906945 HARVEY MITCHELL FIRE |
| 7 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 15-5661 SANDSTONE FIRE |
| 7 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 11-0004464 HARVEY MITCHELL HOT SPOT |
| 5 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 12-0004513 MAPLE GRASS FIRE |
| 5 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 11-0004415 HARVEY MITCHELL HOT SPOT |
| 4 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 17-6142 EARL RUDDER FIRE |
| 3 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASSFIRE9-3-2015 |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380580. 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.