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Badger, Texas

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the West Odessa-Goldsmith census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79759. The Survey maps it on the Penwell quadrangle.

Badger within Ector County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 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

1 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Badger in 2017, burning about 1 acre 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
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
15 June 2017Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLEGACY FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ector County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Badger: 5 producers, 1 past producer. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Limestone, General, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Moss QuarryLimestone, General, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducerLimestone
Cap Rock PitStone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, GeneralProducer
Odessa QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Permian Sand and Gravel OperationStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Strain Brothers Limestone OperationStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Weaver-Cunningham PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Ector 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
Judkins1.2 miles8
Penwell1.4 miles8
Metz2.9 miles8
Douro5.2 miles9
West Odessa9.9 miles10
Arcade10.3 miles10
Pleasant Farms13.3 miles8
Notrees15.0 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1377967. 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.