BlockAcme, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Quanah census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79252. The Survey maps it on the Quanah West quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
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.
- 1955 USGS Lawton quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1960 USGS Goodlett quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Quanah West quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Vernon quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Quanah West quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
4 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Acme (historical) between 2006 and 2015, burning about 2,150 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 September 2015 | Natural | 800 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ABERNATHY |
| 29 July 2008 | Natural | 200 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 June 2011 | Natural | 300 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 104 & WOFFORD RD (MA TO QUANAH FD) |
| 16 February 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 850 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ARKANSAS RD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Acme (historical): 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acme Gypsum Plant | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer | ||
| Acme Mine | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer | Evaporite, Marine | |
| Acme Quarry | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Talbert Crossing | 3.2 miles | 10 | |
| Goodlett | 3.2 miles | 10 | |
| Punkin Center | 3.6 miles | 10 | |
| Wheatland | 3.9 miles | 10 | |
| Middleburg | 4.2 miles | 10 | |
| Quanah | 4.6 miles | 10 | |
| Willowview | 6.9 miles | 10 | |
| North Groesbeck | 7.1 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379312. 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.