BlockUnion Hill, Texas
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Leonard census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75490. It stands on Pace Creek. The Survey maps it on the Trenton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 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
- 1964 USGS Trenton quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS McKinney quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
115 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 115 fires within 5 miles of Union Hill between 2006 and 2020, burning about 789 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 6 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 | 58 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 7 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RANDOLPH GRASS FIRE |
| 6 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 4446 |
| 27 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 13 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 8 August 2012 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 4 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 3 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Randolph | 2.0 miles | 6 | |
| Orangeville | 3.3 miles | 6 | |
| Trenton | 3.8 miles | 6 | |
| Ely | 4.4 miles | 7 | |
| Enterprise | 5.4 miles | 7 | |
| Edhube | 5.4 miles | 6 | |
| Rogers | 5.6 miles | 6 | |
| Leonard | 6.1 miles | 6 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380698. 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.