BlockUnion Hill, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Burton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77835. The Survey maps it on the Burton quadrangle.
On record in Union Hill
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Gantt-Jones Houselisted 1979 · 0.3 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
3 surveys from 7 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 Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Burton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Brenham quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
48 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Union Hill between 1998 and 2020, burning about 188 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 21 |
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 9501 290 WEST |
| 6 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | COYOTE RUN |
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 502 S. MAIN ST. BURTON |
| 4 September 2011 | Smoking | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 8500 290 WEST |
| 16 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 76 BRIAR CREEK ROAD |
| 15 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 290 W / BRIAR CREEK |
| 14 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRIER CREEK ROAD |
| 5 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | LONGPOINT RD |
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 1379193. 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.