BlockSteen, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Westhoff-Arneckville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78629. The Survey maps it on the Hochheim 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.
- 1953 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Hochheim quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Cuero 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 Steen between 2006 and 2018, burning about 620 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 1 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 20 July 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | ELDER RD 104 COUNTY |
| 26 March 2013 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | OAKES 49 COUNTY |
| 20 February 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 766 |
| 18 February 2007 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 October 2006 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 12 January 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 497 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WILD ROAD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Steen in 4 storm reports between 2009 and 2023: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Steen | $2,000 | Thunderstorm wind gusts, estimated at 35 to 45 mph, damaged a roof. |
| May 2023 | Flash Flood | Steen | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding. TXDoT reported water over the road on FM 766 southwest of Hochheim. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Steen | - | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph that downed tree limbs and power lines along FM 766 just south of Rivercrest Ln. west of Hochheim. |
| October 2009 | Flash Flood | Steen | - | The state highway 111 east of Hochheim was closed due to flooding. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hochheim | 1.3 miles | 10 | |
| Pearl City | 3.7 miles | 9 | |
| Petersville | 5.1 miles | 9 | |
| Concrete | 5.9 miles | 10 | |
| Yoakum | 8.8 miles | 9 | |
| Edgar | 9.1 miles | 10 | |
| Buchel | 11.3 miles | 10 | |
| Westhoff | 12.1 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380601. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.