BlockUnity, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Floresville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78114. The Survey maps it on the Marcelinas Hills 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.
- 1936 USGS Floresville quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Marcelinas Hills quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
67 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Unity between 2005 and 2018, burning about 1,303 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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 | 35 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FREEMAN FIRE |
| 28 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 25 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 16 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 14 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 12 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 97 ROADSIDE |
| 5 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MORENO FIRE |
| 5 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | MORENO FIRE #2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gray Crossing | 3.6 miles | 10 | |
| Sunnyside | 4.0 miles | 9 | |
| Sutherland Springs | 5.2 miles | 9 | |
| Grass Pond Colony | 5.5 miles | 10 | |
| Stockdale | 5.7 miles | 10 | |
| Plummer Crossing | 6.6 miles | 10 | |
| Floresville | 7.0 miles | 10 | |
| Denhawken | 7.3 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380699. 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.