BlockSteep Hollow, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Northeast Brazos census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77808. The Survey maps it on the Bryan East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 11 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
- 1962 USGS Bryan East quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1993 USGS Bryan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
168 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 168 fires within 5 miles of Steep Hollow between 1998 and 2020, burning about 487 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 63 |
| Debris and open burning | 47 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 31 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 13 |
| Smoking | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 15-5687 HWY 158 FIRE |
| 5 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 13-0004997 GRASSBUR BRUSH FIRE |
| 4 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 17-6142 EARL RUDDER FIRE |
| 22 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 13-0005468 SH 6 GRASS FIRE |
| 21 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 18 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 12-0004821 GATEWAY BVD GRASS FIRE |
| 16 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 15-5930 BRYAN EARL RUDDER FIRE |
| 14 September 2013 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 13-0005251 COTTAGE MULCH FIRE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boonville | 2.5 miles | 11 | |
| Harvey | 2.9 miles | 11 | |
| Reliance | 4.3 miles | 10 | |
| Bryan | 4.4 miles | 11 | |
| Wixon Valley | 4.9 miles | 7 | |
| College Station | 5.2 miles | 11 | |
| Moore | 5.6 miles | 7 | |
| Kurten | 6.5 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380602. 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.