BlockWhite Rock, Texas
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Celeste census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75423. The Survey maps it on the Wolfe City quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 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 Sherman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Wolfe City quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS McKinney quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
127 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 127 fires within 5 miles of White Rock between 2005 and 2020, burning about 937 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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 | 56 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 33 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 30 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 1023 WOLFE CITY |
| 9 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 21 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WEBB HILL |
| 9 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PHILLIPS NORTH BRANCH - 73 |
| 6 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 2011 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SOUTH SULPHUR |
| 3 September 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASSS FIRE CR 1093 AND FM 1562 |
| 29 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TURKEY CREEK |
| 28 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names White Rock in 1 storm report in 1996: 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 1996 | Hail | White Rock | - | no account filed |
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 1388223. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.