Allamoore, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Sierra Blanca census division. The Survey maps it on the Allamoore quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1895 USGS Sierra Blanca quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Van Horn quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Van Horn quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Allamoore quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Sierra Blanca quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Allamoore between 2008 and 2014, burning about 6 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
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 June 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | I-10 NEAR MP 126 |
| 8 May 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 135 FIRE |
| 25 May 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | I-10 NEAR MP 122 |
| 20 March 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 62 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 62 workings within 5 miles of Allamoore: 28 producers, 25 occurrences, 4 past producers, 3 unknowns. 28 still produce. What was taken out: Talc-Soapstone, Copper, Silver, Silver, Copper, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cooper Hill Prospect | Copper, Uranium | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Holley | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Texas & Pacific Rr Number 1 Quarry | Talc-Soapstone, Asbestos | Producer | Metamorphic | |
| Allamoore Quarry No. 89 | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Rhyolite | |
| Allamore Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Anaconda Number Two Prospect | Copper | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Blue Bird Prospect | Copper | Prospect | ||
| Bluebird Prospect | Silver | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Buck Springs Prospect | Silver | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Unnamed Prospect | Silver, Copper | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
1 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Allamoore in 1 storm report in 1997: 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1997 | Hail | Allamoore | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crusher | 2.3 miles | 12 | |
| Eagle Flat | 7.2 miles | 11 | |
| Scotts Crossing | 10.9 miles | 12 | |
| Arispe | 15.2 miles | 13 | |
| Old Patterson Place | 18.2 miles | 11 | |
| Sierra Blanca | 19.9 miles | 13 | |
| Etholen | 23.7 miles | 13 | |
| Indian Hot Springs | 24.1 miles | 10 |
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 Allamoore | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4730433 | 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 1380817. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.




