BlockTwentymile Crossing, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Menard East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76859. It stands on Greenhead Creek. The Survey maps it on the Calf Creek quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1887 USGS Mason quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Mason quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Calf Creek quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Mason quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
10 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Twentymile Crossing between 2008 and 2016, burning about 837 acres in total. 2 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 | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 2011 | Debris and open burning | 39 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BLOCKHOUSE 2 FIRE |
| 10 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SH29/BLOCKHOUSE RD/THOMAS |
| 26 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SH29/WWBEAM |
| 18 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 386 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BLOCKHOUSE FIRE |
| 15 August 2013 | Natural | 200 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BLOCKHOUSE 2013 FIRE |
| 26 June 2009 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MENARD CO/SH 29/JACOBY LN |
| 11 June 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 120 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 20 April 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MUTUAL AID/MCCULLOGH CO/US 190 W |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hext | 3.6 miles | 7 | |
| Tenmile Crossing | 7.6 miles | 9 | |
| Erna | 11.2 miles | 13 | |
| Fivemile Crossing | 11.5 miles | 9 | |
| Saline | 13.5 miles | 7 | |
| Callan | 14.6 miles | 12 | |
| Menard | 15.6 miles | 8 | |
| Fourmile Crossing | 19.1 miles | 8 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122569156 | 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 1380686. 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.