BlockVerona, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Blue Ridge census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75424. It stands on Lick Branch. The Survey maps it on the Blue Ridge quadrangle. It stands 594 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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 Sherman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Blue Ridge quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS McKinney quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
111 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 111 fires within 5 miles of Verona between 2005 and 2020, burning about 614 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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 | 49 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 34 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 500 GRASS FIRE |
| 8 September 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1142 N BUS 78 FIRE |
| 7 September 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 78 @ FM 981 FIRE |
| 7 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1135 N BUS 78 FIRE |
| 28 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ELM STREET BRUSH FIRE |
| 24 September 2013 | Fireworks | 22 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BLACK GATE FIRE |
| 24 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Verona: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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.
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.
| Wikipedia article on Verona | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q21235430 | 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 1380719. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.