BlockAdair, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Brownfield census division. The Survey maps it on the Ashmore quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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 Hobbs quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Hobbs quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Ashmore quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Seminole quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Seminole quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
7 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Adair between 2006 and 2012, burning about 1,645 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 | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 July 2011 | Natural | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 12 MILES S ON FM 403 |
| 13 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 160 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LUKER FARM |
| 28 November 2010 | Natural | 80 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 403 & CR 690 |
| 28 November 2010 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | APACHE FIRE REKINDLE |
| 22 January 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 600 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE (MUTUAL AID) |
| 10 January 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 200 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 10 January 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 500 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1377917. 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.