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Allendale, Texas

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Wichita Falls census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76310. The Survey maps it on the Lake Wichita quadrangle.

Allendale within Wichita County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

264 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 264 fires within 5 miles of Allendale between 2005 and 2020, burning about 16,048 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 9 were 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined108
Debris and open burning59
Power generation/transmission/distribution30
Equipment and vehicle use29
Smoking11
Arson/incendiarism9
Natural9
Recreation and ceremony6
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Fireworks1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresTexas A & M Forest Service9039 SEYMOUR HWY
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceELLIOTT ROAD POWER FIRE
5 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service6642 SEYMOUR HWY
4 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHIGH ROAD FIRE
24 September 2012Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service3011 CUMBERLAND
2 September 2013Smokingunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM1954 FIRE
16 September 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceSUN STONE @ SILVER CREST
14 September 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceQUAIL RUN BRUSHPILE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wichita County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Allendale: 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Lakeside-1CopperOccurrence1864
Mount BarryCopperOccurrence1873

Every working recorded in Wichita County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Pleasant Valley5.6 miles9
Wichita Falls6.6 miles10
Iowa Park7.6 miles11
Valley View9.0 miles7
Bacon9.7 miles9
Kamay11.4 miles7
Kadane Corner13.0 miles7
Cashion Community13.2 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379332. 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.