BlockTuff, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Medina census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78055. It stands on Love Creek. The Survey maps it on the Love Creek quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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 San Antonio quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Tuff quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Love Creek quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Bandera quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
7 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Tuff between 2006 and 2020, burning about 686 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 May 2020 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JACKSON CREEK BRUSH |
| 9 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 657 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COAL CREEK |
| 30 March 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | STANDBY AT VVFD SATION |
| 16 March 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CARPENTER CREEK FIRE |
| 17 February 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 20 January 2014 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TRAILS END RANCH FIRE |
| 19 January 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vanderpool | 8.2 miles | 9 | |
| Medina | 8.5 miles | 9 | |
| Tarpley | 10.3 miles | 9 | |
| Highland Waters | 14.2 miles | 9 | |
| Bandera | 17.7 miles | 9 | |
| English Crossing | 23.5 miles | 11 | |
| Bandera Falls | 24.2 miles | 11 | |
| Pipe Creek | 25.0 miles | 11 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Tuff | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q111937750 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380682. 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.