BlockStar Route, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Morton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79346. The Survey maps it on the Morton quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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 Brownfield quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Brownfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Brownfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Morton quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Levelland quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
8 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Star Route (historical) between 2006 and 2019, burning about 2,896 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2009 | Natural | 300 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2009071 |
| 24 July 2012 | Natural | 500 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 11 June 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | TRASH AND ETC BURNING |
| 11 April 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1,000 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 16 March 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,000 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2011023 |
| 2 February 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 17 February 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 19024 |
| 1 February 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 19022 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neely Ward | 2.0 miles | 7 | |
| Famuliner | 4.6 miles | 7 | |
| Morton | 5.8 miles | 7 | |
| Griffith | 8.2 miles | 5 | |
| Lehman | 9.4 miles | 7 | |
| Bledsoe | 12.1 miles | 5 | |
| Whiteface | 16.8 miles | 7 | |
| Girlstown USA | 22.3 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2034865. 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.