BlockYard, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Cayuga census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75861. It stands on Saline Branch. The Survey maps it on the Yard quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1949 USGS Tennessee Colony quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Tennessee Colony quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Yard quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
62 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Yard between 1995 and 2018, burning about 939 acres in total. 5 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 | 32 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 500 ACR 2713 |
| 21 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 17 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 9.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 August 2012 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WILSEY MCMAHON |
| 5 August 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CARTER HAY BALE |
| 4 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 7060 |
| 3 August 2005 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 19 August 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COLEMAN FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Yard: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Halite, Limestone, General, Gypsum-Anhydrite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bethel Salt Dome | Halite, Limestone, General, Gypsum-Anhydrite | Occurrence | 1927 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greens Bluff | 0.6 miles | 12 | |
| Bethel | 4.9 miles | 12 | |
| Massey Lake | 6.4 miles | 12 | |
| Cayuga | 6.6 miles | 12 | |
| Tennessee Colony | 7.2 miles | 12 | |
| Blackfoot | 9.3 miles | 12 | |
| Ward | 9.4 miles | 12 | |
| Harmony | 11.8 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2034932. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.