BlockWaresville, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Sabinal census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78884. It lies near Wolf Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Utopia 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 San Antonio quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Utopia quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Utopia quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Bandera quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
33 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Waresville between 2006 and 2017, burning about 3,076 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 20 September 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | UTOPIA ESTATES |
| 19 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 18 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 12 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 27 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 13 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utopia | 0.8 miles | 8 | |
| Long Crossing | 8.6 miles | 11 | |
| Magers Crossing | 10.9 miles | 8 | |
| Second Crossing | 11.2 miles | 8 | |
| Third Crossing | 11.2 miles | 8 | |
| Happy Hollow | 12.3 miles | 8 | |
| First Crossing | 12.5 miles | 12 | |
| Concan | 12.6 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379235. 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.