BlockAberfoyle, Texas
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Wolfe City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75496. The Survey maps it on the Wolfe City quadrangle. It stands 604 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 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 Sherman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Wolfe City quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS McKinney quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
101 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 101 fires within 5 miles of Aberfoyle between 2005 and 2018, burning about 770 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 37 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 32 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 26 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HILLBILLY BRUSH PILE |
| 5 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 2011 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SOUTH SULPHUR |
| 4 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 4505 |
| 3 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TURKEY CREEK |
| 28 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 25 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WINDY ROAD FIRE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Sulphur | 2.9 miles | 6 | |
| Fairlie | 3.6 miles | 8 | |
| Durham | 4.0 miles | 8 | |
| Wolfe City | 5.1 miles | 6 | |
| Scatter Branch | 5.4 miles | 8 | |
| White Rock | 5.6 miles | 6 | |
| Jardin | 5.9 miles | 8 | |
| Jacobia | 6.1 miles | 8 |
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 Aberfoyle | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q29033997 | 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 1350850. 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.