BlockTemco, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Buna census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77612. It stands on Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Evadale quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1954 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Silsbee quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Evadale quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
168 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 168 fires within 5 miles of Temco between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,656 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 85 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 85 |
| Debris and open burning | 53 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 203 |
| 7 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 316 |
| 4 September 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 12 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 222 |
| 30 September 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.2 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JASPER 14:58 |
| 30 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 2000 | Natural | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 643 |
| 26 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 118 acres | Livingston Area | WOODVILLE - 9108 |
| 23 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379146. 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.