BlockUnion, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Mount Vernon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75457. It stands on Huggins Creek. The Survey maps it on the Saltillo quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1953 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Saltillo quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
63 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of Union between 1996 and 2020, burning about 257 acres in total. 1 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 | 37 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6289 |
| 28 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 3090 |
| 6 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6114 |
| 26 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6468 HWY 37 S |
| 22 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 3110 / HINK POST DAIRY |
| 15 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 583 |
| 13 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 3110 / NORTH OF FM 900 |
| 10 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FRANKLIN 13:40 |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379190. 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.