BlockAnarene, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Archer City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76351. The Survey maps it on the Bobcat Bluff quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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 Wichita Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Wichita Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Bobcat Bluff quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Graham quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
90 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 90 fires within 5 miles of Anarene between 2005 and 2020, burning about 10,574 acres in total. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 32 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 26 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 19 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ANDREWS RD |
| 3 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 27 September 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 45 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HIGHWAY 79 NORTH (KEY RANCH) |
| 21 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 79 NORTH...SOUTH OF ARCHER |
| 2 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 19 September 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FALLS COUNTY |
| 18 September 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 60 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CALVIN RD |
| 18 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 200 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FLYING M RANCH |
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Anarene: 1 occurrence. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anarene-1 | Copper | Occurrence | 1877 |
Storms near this place
1 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Anarene in 1 storm report in 2001: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2001 | Hail | Anarene | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archer City | 7.9 miles | 9 | |
| Windthorst | 13.7 miles | 7 | |
| Megargel | 13.9 miles | 7 | |
| Scotland | 15.9 miles | 8 | |
| Luke Wilson | 17.2 miles | 9 | |
| Black Flat | 17.3 miles | 9 | |
| Dads Corner | 18.1 miles | 9 | |
| Dundee | 21.6 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379344. 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.