BlockWeeks Settlement, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Burkeville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75977. The Survey maps it on the Weeks Settlement quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1953 USGS Alexandria quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Alexandria quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Brookeland quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS Brookeland quadrangle1:62500
- 1984 USGS Weeks Settlement quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Leesville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
46 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Weeks Settlement between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,036 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 14 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 23 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 889-E-16 |
| 16 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 16 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 14 September 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 9186 |
| 8 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HARRISBURG RD & 255 |
| 20 August 2009 | Natural | 125 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MAYFLOWER |
| 18 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 536 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scrapping Valley | 4.8 miles | 10 | |
| Indian Hills | 5.5 miles | 9 | |
| Mayflower | 5.8 miles | 14 | |
| Mattox | 6.8 miles | 9 | |
| Farrsville | 7.2 miles | 9 | |
| Wiergate | 9.1 miles | 9 | |
| Shankleville | 10.6 miles | 9 | |
| Burkeville | 10.8 miles | 9 |
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 Q122543736 | 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 1380751. 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.