BlockAntelope Flats, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Quitaque census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79226. It stands on Antelope Flats. The Survey maps it on the Hughes Canyon quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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 Plainview quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Plainview quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Brice quadrangle1:62500
- 1976 USGS Brice SW quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Hughes Canyon quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Wellington quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
16 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Antelope Flats between 2008 and 2019, burning about 12,786 acres in total. 12 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 | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 September 2019 | Natural | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GLOVER FIRE |
| 7 August 2016 | Natural | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HARWOOD ANTALOPE |
| 31 August 2011 | Natural | 5,500 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HORNETS' TANK FIRE |
| 19 August 2011 | Natural | 1,436 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BARREL CREEK FIRE |
| 17 August 2018 | Natural | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CHEROKEE RANCH |
| 16 August 2018 | Natural | 500 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CHEROKEE FIRE |
| 9 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1036 |
| 8 May 2018 | Natural | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 70 HARWOOD |
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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodburn Place | 10.7 miles | 9 | |
| Quitaque | 17.0 miles | 7 | |
| Silverton | 19.2 miles | 7 | |
| Whitney | 25.4 miles | 7 | |
| Rock Creek | 25.7 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2034891. 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.