BlockSunshine, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Hico census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76457. The Survey maps it on the Gentrys Mill quadrangle. It stands 1,283 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 15 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.
- 1888 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Brownwood quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Gentrys Mill quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Hico quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Comanche quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
52 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Sunshine between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,544 acres in total. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 15 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 206 GRASS FIRE |
| 7 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 30-- CR 122 |
| 29 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 28 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1744 CR 141 |
| 26 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 15 August 2006 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 15 August 2006 | Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spurlin | 1.4 miles | 15 | |
| Olin | 2.2 miles | 15 | |
| Carlton | 4.0 miles | 16 | |
| Springtown | 4.9 miles | 15 | |
| Gentrys Mill | 6.5 miles | 15 | |
| Fairy | 8.7 miles | 12 | |
| Hico | 10.1 miles | 15 | |
| Hamilton | 11.1 miles | 13 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Sunshine | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q28912557 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379132. 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.