BlockWhiteland, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Melvin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76858. It stands on South Brady Creek. The Survey maps it on the Melvin quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 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.
- 1892 USGS Eden quadrangle1:125000
- 1896 USGS Eden quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Brownwood quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Melvin quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Brady quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
16 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Whiteland between 2005 and 2020, burning about 264 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | MESQUITE STREET, MELVIN |
| 14 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRADY LAKE FIRE |
| 13 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | IRBY TRUCK 87 |
| 7 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR152 |
| 25 August 2009 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JOHNSON |
| 20 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 2028 |
| 13 August 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 87 E |
| 12 June 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MELVIN |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homer Junction | 0.2 miles | 12 | |
| West Sweden | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| Marco | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| Melvin | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| Niblock | 6.2 miles | 12 | |
| Brady | 9.3 miles | 13 | |
| Pear Valley | 10.1 miles | 13 | |
| Salt Gap | 10.8 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380773. 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.