BlockTidwell, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Greenville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75401. The Survey maps it on the Greenville NE quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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 Sherman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Greenville NE quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS McKinney quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
162 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 162 fires within 5 miles of Tidwell between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,686 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 3 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 | 75 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 47 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 27 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
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 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PHILLIPS NORTH BRANCH - 73 |
| 6 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HILLBILLY BRUSH PILE |
| 5 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.7 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WATERMELON FIRE |
| 4 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LEE FIRE |
| 4 September 2011 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SOUTH SULPHUR |
| 3 September 2010 | Smoking | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | LEE ST FIRE |
| 28 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jacobia | 2.6 miles | 8 | |
| Kellogg | 2.6 miles | 7 | |
| Peniel | 3.5 miles | 7 | |
| Reavilon | 3.6 miles | 8 | |
| White Rock | 4.2 miles | 6 | |
| Greenville | 4.9 miles | 8 | |
| Kingston | 5.0 miles | 6 | |
| Ardis Heights | 5.1 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379161. 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.