BlockWalton, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Henrietta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76365. The Survey maps it on the Dickworsham 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.
- 1954 USGS Wichita Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Henrietta quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Wichita Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Dickworsham quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Wichita Falls quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
56 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Walton between 2000 and 2020, burning about 3,748 acres in total. 9 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2012 | Natural | 175 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2 FIRES FROM LIGHTNING |
| 4 September 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HAPGOOD |
| 14 September 2011 | Smoking | 35 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LONE STAR ROAD FIRE |
| 8 August 2016 | Natural | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2016079 |
| 6 August 2012 | Natural | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ANDERSON RD |
| 6 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ALCORN ROAD |
| 31 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,000 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENRIETTA |
| 30 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 18111 |
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 Walton: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Preston | Copper | Occurrence | 1874 |
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 1380740. 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.