BlockThe Homesteads, Texas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Alvarado census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76009. It stands on Fish Spring Branch. The Survey maps it on the Alvarado quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 16 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.
- 1891 USGS Cleburne quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Cleburne quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Alvarado quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Cleburne quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
131 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 131 fires within 5 miles of The Homesteads between 2005 and 2020, burning about 580 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 | 67 |
| Debris and open burning | 53 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2951 HW 917 |
| 6 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | TEXAN RV |
| 24 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 2 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 13 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 502 @ VV JONES RD |
| 6 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | 13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Point | 2.0 miles | 16 | |
| Lillian | 2.3 miles | 16 | |
| Happy Hill | 4.1 miles | 16 | |
| Venus | 4.4 miles | 17 | |
| Alvarado | 5.7 miles | 16 | |
| Wooded Hills | 6.5 miles | 14 | |
| Egan | 7.6 miles | 16 | |
| Briaroaks | 7.8 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2805800. 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.