BlockSuttons Mill, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Chireno-Martinsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75937. It stands on Terrapin Creek. The Survey maps it on the Etoile North quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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 Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Broaddus quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Etoile North quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Lufkin quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Lufkin quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
35 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Suttons Mill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 934 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 8 were 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 | 20 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE CANCELLED |
| 8 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 27 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 26 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 26 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 18 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 26 August 2011 | Natural | 22 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 451 |
| 25 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE AT ETME |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1382836. 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.