BlockSun City, Texas
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Round Rock-Georgetown census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78633. It stands on Cowan Creek. The Survey maps it on the Georgetown quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 20 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.
- 1893 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1925 USGS Georgetown 4-b quadrangle1:48000
- 1928 USGS Round Rock quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Round Rock quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Round Rock quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1982 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Taylor quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
129 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 129 fires within 5 miles of Sun City between 2005 and 2018, burning about 1,702 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 69 |
| Debris and open burning | 34 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 209 GABRIEL VISTA CT |
| 16 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | ADJ 539 CR 245 |
| 13 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 4150 SH 195 |
| 10 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 101 PECAN 2 |
| 10 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 3800 NORTHWEST BLVD |
| 1 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 3103 SHELL RD |
| 9 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 100 HWY 195 |
| 7 August 2008 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serenada | 1.8 miles | 20 | |
| Berrys Creek | 3.0 miles | 20 | |
| Russell Crossing | 3.5 miles | 15 | |
| North Georgetown | 5.2 miles | 20 | |
| Hunt Crossing | 5.4 miles | 15 | |
| Georgetown | 6.1 miles | 20 | |
| Theon | 7.1 miles | 12 | |
| Walburg | 7.4 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2436529. 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.