BlockStag Creek, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Comanche census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76442. It stands on Stag Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sipe Springs quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1894 USGS Eastland quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Sipe Springs quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Stephenville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
23 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Stag Creek between 2005 and 2018, burning about 877 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 August 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1689 SIDNEY |
| 5 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JACKSON FIRE |
| 19 July 2008 | Debris and open burning | 70 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 27 June 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WILSON FIRE |
| 9 April 2006 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 April 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 15 April 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 70 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JONES |
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 1379107. 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.