BlockWilkins, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Big Sandy census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75755. It stands on Perdue Branch. The Survey maps it on the Big Sandy quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 13 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.
- 1956 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1960 USGS Big Sandy quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Mineola quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Mineola quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
416 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 416 fires within 5 miles of Wilkins between 1993 and 2020, burning about 3,365 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 26 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 | 207 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 104 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 32 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 26 |
| Smoking | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
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 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 600 S. LOOP 485 |
| 9 September 2012 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SEPT09-2012A |
| 8 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PINE 15-318 |
| 8 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2685 BEFORE GLADEWATER CITY LIMITS |
| 8 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | LOCUST RD. |
| 5 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 18373 CR 3132 |
| 4 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1,556 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MOORE COMPLEX |
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | LOCUST & 2685 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wilkins in 2 storm reports between 2014 and 2017: 1 hail, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2017 | Tornado (EF1) | Wilkins | $60,000 | An EF-1 tornado with maximum estimated winds between 90-95 mph touched down across a wooded area in a pastureland just west of Juniper Road near the Sabine River south of Highway 80, just west of the Gladewater city limits in far Southern Upshur County. Through the path length, this tornado remained around treetop level, shearing the tops off of numerous trees while also snapping and uprooting trees, where trees had fallen on a mobile home, a motor home, and a pickup truck on Juniper Road. The tornado traveled northeast across Highway 80 to near Locust Road and Green Road where additional trees were partially snapped or uprooted. A few shingles were also blown off of the back of a home on Green Road. The tornado lifted on White Oak Road about one-quarter mile southeast of Locust Road. It should be noted that the parent supercell thunderstorm produced damaging straight-line winds that also uprooted a tree on West Gay Avenue and downed a tree on power lines on West Sheppard Drive in North Gladewater, while also snapping large limbs on Lake Drive and Philips Springs Road just east of Lake Gladewater. |
| April 2014 | Hail | Wilkins | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phillips | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Center Point | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Union Grove | 4.8 miles | 12 | |
| Big Sandy | 5.6 miles | 13 | |
| West Mountain | 6.2 miles | 12 | |
| Mings Chapel | 6.6 miles | 12 | |
| Pritchett | 7.2 miles | 13 | |
| Pattonfield | 7.9 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379275. 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.