BlockAnthony, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Ector census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75479. It stands on Sand Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mulberry 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 Sherman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Whitesright quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Mulberry quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
45 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Anthony between 2006 and 2020, burning about 441 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2012087 |
| 2 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ARKANSAS FIRE |
| 13 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PASTURE FIRE |
| 1 September 2013 | Natural | 182 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LEWIS FIRE |
| 7 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 19 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1753 FIRE |
| 16 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DUGAN CHAPEL |
| 6 July 2010 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2010014 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 Anthony: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lattimore Sand Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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.
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 Anthony | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q134877494 | 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 1379351. 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.