BlockTripp, Texas
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Northeast Dallas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75182. The Survey maps it on the Mesquite quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 20 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 Dallas quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Garland quadrangle1:62500
- 1959 USGS Mesquite quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1986 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1995 USGS Mesquite quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
8 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Tripp between 2010 and 2018, burning about 12 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | JAMAICA / LAGOW |
| 11 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2010-0422 |
| 11 July 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 809 HUBBARD |
| 30 June 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | ROANE ASSIST GRASS FIRE |
| 17 February 2014 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | C14-02172 |
| 10 December 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | BARNES BRIDGE RD |
| 11 November 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DAL CO |
| 5 October 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HOPEWELL |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunnyvale | 0.1 miles | 20 | |
| New Hope | 2.3 miles | 20 | |
| Mesquite | 2.8 miles | 20 | |
| Rose Hill | 4.2 miles | 20 | |
| Balch Springs | 5.6 miles | 19 | |
| Lawson | 6.4 miles | 19 | |
| Centerville | 6.5 miles | 22 | |
| Reinhardt | 7.4 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379176. 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.