BlockWhiskey Ford, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Nome-China census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77629. It stands on Uncle Charlie Slough. The Survey maps it on the Nome quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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 Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Sour Lake quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Nome quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
42 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Whiskey Ford between 1993 and 2013, burning about 605 acres in total. 5 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 | 24 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | YATES BRUSHFIRE |
| 23 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 22 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 9136 |
| 20 August 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 35 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 13 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 205 |
| 4 July 2011 | Natural | 8.0 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 604 |
| 3 July 2011 | Natural | 27 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 595 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nome | 2.6 miles | 11 | |
| China | 5.8 miles | 11 | |
| Westbury | 7.3 miles | 11 | |
| Pine Island | 8.7 miles | 11 | |
| Meeker | 9.7 miles | 11 | |
| Bevil Oaks | 10.6 miles | 12 | |
| Amelia | 13.2 miles | 15 | |
| Elizabeth | 13.4 miles | 15 |
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 Q122550429 | 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 1379263. 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.