BlockAberdeen, Texas
5 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Samnorwood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79095. The Survey maps it on the Lutie quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 5 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.
- 1954 USGS Amarillo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Amarillo quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Lutie quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Shamrock quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
10 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Aberdeen between 2008 and 2018, burning about 235 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 2008 | Natural | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 24 August 2011 | Natural | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SOUTH LUTIE |
| 10 August 2008 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 13 May 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HOLTON FIRE |
| 29 April 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LARRY WATERS LUTIE |
| 20 April 2018 | Natural | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BOYD FIRE |
| 13 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | U.S. ROW |
| 30 January 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lutie | 4.0 miles | 5 | |
| Samnorwood | 7.0 miles | 5 | |
| Dozier | 10.7 miles | 5 | |
| Wellington | 13.0 miles | 8 | |
| Marilla | 13.8 miles | 7 | |
| Quail | 15.9 miles | 7 | |
| Fresno | 18.1 miles | 8 | |
| Rolla | 18.2 miles | 7 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Aberdeen | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q21196289 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379308. 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.