BlockZionville, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Gay Hill-Independence census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77835. The Survey maps it on the Brenham quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1930 USGS Brenham quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Brenham quadrangle1:62500
- 1963 USGS Brenham quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1993 USGS Brenham quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
108 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 108 fires within 5 miles of Zionville between 1999 and 2020, burning about 294 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 3 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 | 59 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 9501 290 WEST |
| 7 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 290/OLD BURTON ROAD |
| 7 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 2011 | Smoking | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 8500 290 WEST |
| 3 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 365 SHADY ACRES LANE |
| 29 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 105 LANGE LAKE ROAD |
| 29 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 3500 OLD GAY HILL RD |
| 29 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 201 FM 390 W |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379304. 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.