BlockZella, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Tilden census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78021. It stands on Maguey Creek. The Survey maps it on the Zella quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 9 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.
- 1953 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Hindes quadrangle1:62500
- 1961 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Zella quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Pleasanton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Zella between 2008 and 2019, burning about 64 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY97&72 |
| 14 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PRINCE FIRE |
| 1 May 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | MCMULLEN COUNTY HWY72 |
| 4 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MUTUAL AID HWY 97 |
| 24 February 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 37 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WATSON RANCH #2 |
| 14 February 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1583&HWY97 |
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 1372086. 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.