BlockWard Prairie, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Fairfield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75840. The Survey maps it on the Stewards Mill quadrangle.
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 Waco quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Stewards Mill quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Mexia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
126 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 126 fires within 5 miles of Ward Prairie between 1998 and 2020, burning about 1,037 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 67 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 36 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Natural | 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 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 7 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MUTIAL AID FAIRFIELD HWY 75 |
| 5 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MUTIAL AID FAIRFIELD I-45 SB 202 |
| 5 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2011097 |
| 3 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FCR 221 GRASS FIRE |
| 3 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FCR 221 GRASS FIRE 2 |
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 Ward Prairie: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mountain Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairfield | 3.0 miles | 8 | |
| Stewards Mill | 5.3 miles | 7 | |
| Bonnerville | 5.6 miles | 7 | |
| Rhode Island | 6.1 miles | 7 | |
| Young | 6.2 miles | 8 | |
| Turlington | 6.5 miles | 8 | |
| Kirvin | 10.2 miles | 7 | |
| Avant Prairie | 10.9 miles | 8 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122561734 | 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 1379234. 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.