BlockBarton Corners, Texas
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Higgins census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79014. The Survey maps it on the Barton Corners quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 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 Perryton quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Perryton quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Barton Corners quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Perryton quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
9 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Barton Corners between 2009 and 2018, burning about 4,305 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 |
|---|---|
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 July 2017 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BILL KING GRASS FIRE |
| 13 April 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BARTON FIRE |
| 18 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | 540 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | KING RANCH 3260 RECALL |
| 17 March 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | KING RANCH 3260 |
| 8 February 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1,000 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 3260 WRECK FIRE |
| 11 February 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PORTER/BARTON |
| 10 February 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2,000 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PORTER/BARTON |
| 10 February 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 640 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 3260&CO6 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Locust Grove | 7.8 miles | 6 | |
| Twin Grove | 8.8 miles | 6 | |
| Lipscomb | 10.2 miles | 6 | |
| Gaylord | 16.6 miles | 6 | |
| Booker | 17.8 miles | 6 | |
| Darrouzett | 18.3 miles | 6 | |
| Coburn | 18.7 miles | 6 | |
| Sherlock | 20.9 miles | 6 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122555597 | 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 2034913. 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.